Portland Ditches Google’s Smart City Tech Sibling Replica
A city tech project in Portland with the Sidewalk Labs spin-off leads to accusations, data disputes and “damaged trust.”
A city tech project in Portland with the Sidewalk Labs spin-off leads to accusations, data disputes and “damaged trust.”
A “data disclosure” provided to Portland city planners from former Sidewalk Labs firm Replica is vague on data sources and privacy methods.
Portland’s contract with Sidewalk Labs limits algorithmic transparency, and fails to address law enforcement data access.
RedTail’s Kate Kaye lives in Portland, OR, where a project with Sidewalk Labs is underway. She tells how AT&T data was used in research leading to the firm’s Replica software and offers a glimpse at other potential AI and emerging tech partnerships Portland has considered.