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Kansas City is rolling out facial recognition cameras on public buses — a bold, controversial step aimed at catching banned riders and missing persons — sparking national debate over safety, privacy, and the slippery slope of AI surveillance. While Missouri won’t fund it, the city’s moving ahead with local and federal cash, insisting the tech is just an upgrade from existing bus cameras. The vendor has experience in schools and nursing homes, and the system won’t store data unless a match is found — but critics fear the precedent sets dangerous precedents, especially given past misidentifications of Black people. Despite delays and funding hurdles, launch is on track this year, possibly with more buses than planned — and police presence is being beefed up at stops to reassure the public.

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