Prisons’ New AI: Big Brother’s Nastier Cousin
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In a move straight out of Black Mirror’s deleted scenes, jails are now adopting opaque AI tech for data collection and surveillance — so secretive critics sound the alarm about privacy bombs and algorithm bias spreading behind bars. No big corporate names or price tags drop yet, but if Big Brother ever wanted a shady internship, prison AI is it. Skeptics worry this tech’s bias isn’t just a glitch but a full-blown feature making inmates the unwitting test subjects of unjust high-tech paranoia. Forget rehabilitation; here come automated privacy violations and mystery data hoarding that not even the guards fully understand.
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(1 of 3)Source: Themarshallproject | Published: 8/30/2025 | Author: Rebecca McCray
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