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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Blau.

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  Today on the show, why license plate readers are angering Americans

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  and a glimpse into being a nanny for the uber-rich.

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  First up, though.

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  In America, the car has long been a symbol of freedom.

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  No wonder people don't like it when they feel their movements are being tracked.

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  In recent months, there have even been protests about apparent surveillance.

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  The problem, automatic license plate readers that use AI to identify vehicles.

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  Automatic license plate readers are a technology that has long been used by police on the roads.

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  Holly Berman is a news editor.

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  They collect tolls, they enforce traffic laws.

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  The biggest operator of these is called Flock.

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  They use AI to track vehicles.

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  There's roughly 120,000 of its cameras across the country,

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  but opposition to them specifically is growing.

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  Holly, why does anyone care about automatic license plate readers?

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  A big flash point of Flock is the way that they use AI.

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