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868 Senators want investigation of AI-enabled ammo vending machines

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge Ā· 08/21/2024 14:16 EDT

Senators want investigation of AI-enabled ammo vending machines

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge


AI-enabled ammunition vending machines could facilitate mass shootings and let people circumvent federal bans prohibiting people with certain criminal convictions from buying ammunition, two senators warn.
Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) asking it to ā€œclosely examineā€ facial recognition-enabled ammunition vending machines that have recently been installed in s

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