MIT Technology Review · AI· James O'Donnell, Eileen Guo·· 10 d ago
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
AI summary
MIT Technology Review cross-referenced nearly 4,000 remains-discovery locations with almost 600 border surveillance towers, finding more than 1,050 deaths within tower coverage from 2015 to early 2026, involving three generations of systems from Anduril, Elbit and General Dynamics.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 78Second 71
Not admittedSum of both 149 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：调查AI边境监控塔失效致人死亡
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: MIT Technology Review · AI · technologyreview.com