Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.
  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
    1315·
    1 year ago

    No…shit…

    Cameras being used for surveillance? Who the heck would have thought that would be possible…

    Just wait till these things take photos inside your house then automatically file a report and get you arrested because they saw weed or some shit in the background.

      • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
        65·
        1 year ago

        A food delivery robot company that delivers for Uber Eats in Los Angeles provided video filmed by one of its robots to the Los Angeles Police Department as part of a criminal investigation, 404 Media has learned. The incident highlights the fact that delivery robots that are being deployed to sidewalks all around the country are essentially always filming, and that their footage can and has been used as evidence in criminal trials. Emails obtained by 404 Media also show that the robot food delivery company wanted to work more closely with the LAPD, which jumped at the opportunity.

        Again, no shit. And wait until these robots start filming inside your house bla blah blah bla.

        First paragraph didn’t add shit, but ok…

        • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          They should have told you to read the second paragraph

          The specific incident in question was a grand larceny case where two men tried (and failed) to steal a robot owned and operated by Serve Robotics, which ultimately wants to deploy “up to 2,000 robots” to deliver food for UberEats in Los Angeles. The suspects were arrested and convicted.

          Of course they’re going to share video of a crime when the crime is someone trying to steal their property.