Evidence record 16957 · automatically gathered

Rules Of The Road: What Flock’s 71% Misread Rate Teaches Us About Third-Party AI Risk

Roseville, California just provided a case study in what happens when organizations confuse “AI-powered” with “AI-verified.” A Business Insider investigation found that Flock Safety’s AI license plate readers misread plates in 71% of the alerts sent to Roseville police over two years, incorrectly flagging vehicles as stolen or linked to a felony. That number isn’t […]

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Published: 5 August 2026
Source: Forrester AI blog
Category: Field notes
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 6 August 2026

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ethics.ai (5 August 2026), “Rules Of The Road: What Flock’s 71% Misread Rate Teaches Us About Third-Party AI Risk,” evidence record 16957, https://ethics.ai/record/16957 (originally published by Forrester AI blog).

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