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ICE seeks market information on robot dogs for dangerous operationsA draft ICE specification seeks information on quadruped robots for inspection, situational awareness and hazard assessment, according to Fortune/Bloomberg. The notice signals procurement exploration, not a confirmed purchase or deployment.→Texas pauses state funding for AI-powered Flock surveillance camerasTexas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to pause spending on Flock camera systems, the Texas Tribune reported on 28 August. The state has spent at least $30 million building a network, while Flock’s AI turns captured vehicle attributes into searchable records; the order is a funding pause, not a statewide ban.→AI is producing unusual political coalitions ahead of US midtermsAxios reported cooperation between centrist and progressive Democrats over New York's data-centre moratorium, conservative opposition to some data-centre projects and emerging libertarian-progressive overlap on surveillance safeguards. The issue is cutting across traditional party positions rather than producing a single partisan platform.→AI is producing unusual political coalitions ahead of US midtermsAxios reported cooperation between centrist and progressive Democrats over New York's data-centre moratorium, conservative opposition to some data-centre projects and emerging libertarian-progressive overlap on surveillance safeguards. The issue is cutting across traditional party positions rather than producing a single partisan platform.→