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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · MIT Technology Review AI

Investigation finds AI-enabled border surveillance towers missed people who later died and urges CBP audit

MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego report that their year‑long investigation found cases where people passed undetected through AI‑enabled surveillance towers along the US–Mexico border and were later found dead nearby. The story documents broken towers, algorithm detection failures, and missed agent responses, and urges an internal CBP audit as the government and contractors such as Anduril expand the “virtual wall.”

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · MIT Technology Review AI

Investigation finds 1,050+ deaths occurred within range of CBP’s AI-enabled Anduril towers

A joint MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego investigation mapped nearly 4,000 locations of human remains against about 600 CBP surveillance towers and found more than 1,050 deaths within the advertised range of those towers between 2015 and early 2026, including over 110 near modern Anduril autonomous towers; many deaths occurred despite towers’ AI detection and were not intercepted. The reporting highlights specific cases—such as José Morales Bernal, who died within feet of three Anduril towers—and a topographical and timing analysis showing failures across roughly two-thirds of towers studied.

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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · MIT Technology Review AI

Investigation: AI-equipped border surveillance towers failed to prevent migrant deaths near San Diego

A joint investigation by MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego found that dozens of migrants — including 30-year-old Graciela Gómez Hernández — died within the observable range of surveillance towers along the San Diego border, despite towers (made by General Dynamics and deployed since 2019) using electro-optical/infrared cameras and AI-based detection; a Times of San Diego analysis counted hundreds of cases and at least 138 deaths in the past four years in areas covered by cameras. The report highlights cases in the Otay Mountain Wilderness where terrain, tower placement, and operational factors left people visible to cameras but not rescued, and notes that more than 120 towers stand along the California border.

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