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New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human (www.shreveporttimes.com)
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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Possible second-tier harm here: are they sending 911 calls directly to a company? That's gotta be illegal, no?

[–] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I’m guessing you’ve never heard of Intrado, was pretty much the only profitable part of the company I used to work for, before private equity bought the company and laid off tons of workers. I left before I ended up on the chopping block.