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Health Department Had Opioid-Tracking AI Forced On Them By Utah Lawmakers, Emails Show
Newly released emails show that the Utah Department of Health thought Banjo AI was full of hot air.
Utah Gave $20 Million Contract to AI Surveillance Firm That Didn’t Have AI
The state audit of Banjo came after investigations by Motherboard and OneZero.
Utah Spent $250k on a Surveillance Startup Instead of Life-Saving Drugs
The Utah Department of Health wanted to buy naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. The state gave it to an AI company instead.
Surveillance Firm Banjo Used a Secret Company and Fake Apps to Scrape Social Media
One former employee said the secret company called Pink Unicorn Labs was doing the same thing as Cambridge Analytica, "but more nefariously, arguably."
This Small Company Is Turning Utah Into a Surveillance Panopticon
Banjo is applying artificial intelligence to government-owned surveillance and traffic cameras across the entire state of Utah to tell police about "anomalies."
Twilight Fauna's New Album 'The Year the Stars Fell' Is a Study in Appalachian Darkness
Stream the Johnson City, TN black metal duo's melancholy seventh full-length in its entirety
One Dog Killed, Two Injured in Attack by Snowmobiler at Iditarod
A tragic incident in the Alaskan dog sled race.
Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #104
VICE art editor Nick Gazin separates the comics wheat from the chaff, giving you real talk about the new Deadpool doll, He-Man book, 'Hamburger Eyes,' and more.
Guitar Moves - Leroy Troy
In this episode of Guitar Moves, Matt Sweeney meets master of the clawhammer banjo Leroy Troy to learn how to cut some monkeyshines.
Joe Crow Ryan
We met up with Joe Crow Ryan, a well known NYC subway musician who uses music to overcome struggles with homelessness and the law. He's unemployed, and not looking, because he's "done with jobs."
Jim Krewson Is Probably Playing Banjo
Vice: You drew all these for the Frieze Art Fair, right? Isn’t it in like a teepee or an igloo or some shit? Tell all!