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  "id": 13051825,
  "title": "AI Surveillance Startup Flock Safety To Cut 270 Jobs Amid Backlash: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ai-surveillance-startup-flock-safety-to-cut-270-jobs-amid-backlash",
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  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T04:55:48.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ai-surveillance-startup-flock-safety-to-cut-270-jobs-amid-backlash-report-12159228"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AIpowered",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Exclusive-AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/exclusive-ai-surveillance-startup-flock-safety-to-cut-several-hundred-12990236",
        "published": "2026-10-09T00:06:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Exclusive-AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/exclusive-ai-surveillance-startup-flock-safety-to-cut-several-hundred",
        "published": "2026-10-09T00:20:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ai-surveillance-startup-flock-safety-to-cut-several-hundred-jobs-amid",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:40:05.000Z"
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