Michigan state lawmakers are pushing to regulate automatic license plate readers after years of debate over the surveillance technology in metro Detroit communities.

Flock Safety's license plate readers are used by police in thousands of communities. When the cameras make mistakes, the consequences can be severe.

The Milwaukee Police Department has cut off access to its automated license plate reader database for a majority of its officers, according to a department spokesperson.

Now, AI coding tools are raising new issues with how that “clean room” rewrite process plays out both legally, ethically, and practically. Dan Blanchard took over maintenance of the repository in 2012 ...