{
  "id": 7306814,
  "title": "The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/the-ai-doomsday-future-is-not-inevitable",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Intercept",
    "slug": "the-intercept",
    "url": "https://theintercept.com/2026/09/14/surveillance-tech-ai-military-flock/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The U.S. government is increasingly relying on private companies for surveillance, with billions of dollars spent on data collection. Flock cameras track license plates, and ICE uses Palantir software to round up immigrants. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's war department employs AI like Claude to bomb Iran. The government spends on surveillance, with many aspects now handled by lesser-known companies willing to push boundaries. Surveillance contractors can bypass warrant requirements, doing things the government would need a warrant for. Despite this, many AI doomsday fears are not inevitable; human beings build the technology, and it can be regulated.",
  "summary": "Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home. The post The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable appeared first on The Intercept .",
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        "outlet": "The Intercept",
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        "published": "2026-09-14T11:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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