Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows
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A leaked email reveals Ring's AI Search Party aims to eliminate neighborhood crime, not just find lost dogs, amid criticism over surveillance in a recent ad.
A leaked internal email obtained by 404 Media shows that Ring has bigger plans for its AI-powered neighborhood search capability than just looking for lost dogs. The outlet reports the email, sent last October by founder Jamie Siminoff to all Ring employees, says that with Search Party, "You can now see a future where we are able to zero out crime in neighborhoods."
Ring, the Amazon-owned home security company, has come under intense criticism in recent weeks following a Super Bowl commercial for its Search Party feature that showed Ring cameras surveilling a neighborhood for lost dogs.
The ad, which details how AI can be used to search …