#futureofcities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #futureofcities, aggregated by home.social.
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Smart cities won’t succeed until mobility becomes effortless. The future isn’t more roads—it’s smarter movement. #SmartCitiesIndia #MobilityAsAService #UrbanMobility #TrafficDecongestion #SmartInfrastructure #SustainableCities #FutureOfCities #LeadershipThoughts
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Your doorbell camera is good for watching for porch pirates. Now it may also help spot wildfires. 🔥 Ring’s new Fire Watch feature uses AI to detect smoke and flames via outdoor cameras, alerting nearby users when Watch Duty flags a potential fire. It’s a reminder that the most powerful safety networks aren’t always built by governments, but by millions of ordinary devices quietly watching the edges of our lives.
There’s a philosophical shift here worth noticing. Surveillance tech is being reframed as community infrastructure, but only if trust, consent, and restraint are designed in from the start. Technology doesn’t become civic-minded by accident. Someone has to decide that it should.
The interesting question isn’t whether this works. It’s how many other “single-purpose” devices are waiting to be reimagined as public goods.
TL;DR
🧠 Ring cameras can now spot smoke and flames
⚡ Alerts are opt-in and community-driven
🎓 Consumer tech is drifting into civic duty
🔍 Trust and design choices will decide if it lastshttps://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/ring_cameras_wildfire/
#WildfireSafety #AI #CommunityTech #FutureOfCities #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity
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Urban planners should not be afraid of AI!
AI isn’t coming to replace planners — but it is transforming how we imagine, design, and govern our cities. 🏙️🤖
In my new article in Cities, I argue that planners don’t need to be coders or tech experts to start using AI meaningfully and ethically. The barrier isn’t technical — it’s cultural.
Read here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026427512500798X
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(6) International comparisons #Barcelona #Amsterdam #NewYork #Singapore #Dubai #SanJosé show: #Trustworthy #AI is a political achievement, not a technical fix.
#UrbanAI #AIgovernance #FutureOfCities #UrbanTransformations #UrbanTransitions #GenAI #Policy #PoliticalEconomy
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🚨 ICYMI: Our latest newsletter is packed! Edition 2025.20 covers NYSCI’s Cityworks, how we design better cities for families, state and federal data news, the costs of AI, and BetaNYC’s latest Data2Go clinics.
Get the details: https://www.beta.nyc/2025/05/15/whats-new-in-nyc-civic-tech-may-15-2025/
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As #AI reshapes society, we must not lose organic, human-centered knowledge in our cities. #Budapest’s #book carts embody #streetwise intelligence that no algorithm can replicate. AI should amplify grassroots #UrbanWisdom, not erase it.
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RT @alerainy: Do not miss the second webinar of the @RSAEurope @EU_ScienceHub Future of Cities series. This time we will talk about #cities fit for the #digital age.
🗓️ 25 May
⏰ 14:30 CESTMore info and registration👇
https://t.co/he4vp3UDG7#futureofcities #knowledge4policy #EUcities https://t.co/Cra2tsVIle
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1658417557739544582
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RT @alerainy: The @EU_ScienceHub work on the #futureofcities evolves in the form of policy briefs focusing on single #urban issues, bringing together empirical knowledge and policy implications.
We discuss them in webinars with @RSAEurope ➡️ first one on 20 April
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https://t.co/Dsjpr3CCnM🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1641796750204624900