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MIT Technology Review's investigation found that people have died near AI-enabled surveillance towers along the US-Mexico border…

…including cases where people walked undetected through surveilled areas and their bodies remained unnoticed. The project maps deaths along the "virtual wall" and asks why billions spent on surveillance failed to catch people before they died.

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MIT Technology Review's investigation found that people have died near AI-enabled surveillance towers along the US-Mexico border, including cases where people walked undetected through surveilled areas and their bodies remained unnoticed. The project maps deaths along the "virtual wall" and asks why billions spent on surveillance failed to catch people before they died.