Flock Safety plans 270 layoffs as AI camera backlash hits the startup
Flock Safety plans to eliminate about 270 jobs — 18% of its roughly 1,500-person workforce — as public backlash over its AI-powered license-plate cameras finally catches up to the company itself, Reuters reported Thursday. The cuts are expected to take effect at the end of October. They follow a voluntary separation program Flock opened in September, and they land at a moment when the Atlanta startup’s technology is under sustained attack from the very communities it serves. Sources told Reuters reporters Krystal Hu and Helen Coster that the company declined to comment; the sources spoke anonymously because Flock has not made the plans public. ...