AI gun detection company name-dropped Disney in its successful pitch to NYC

/ Evolv Technologies, whose scanners are being tested on the subway, told Mayor Eric Adams there were ‘interesting parallels’ between the city and the theme parks.

By Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter. Her past work has focused on immigration politics, border surveillance technologies, and the rise of the New Right.

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When New York City Mayor Eric Adams was first introduced to a representative from Evolv, the AI gun detection company, he was given a list of places the scanners could be used, including hospitals, schools, Times Square, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. What seems to have

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