Taylor Lorenz’s Power User They're Putting AI Cameras In School Busses
Apr 3, 2026
Kent Myrtle, a Wichita school bus driver and whistleblower exposing AI camera installs. He breaks down inward/outward cameras, real-time AI alerts, cloud uploads to AWS, and worries about privacy, misidentifications, and law enforcement access. Short, urgent talk about surveillance creeping into schools and how drivers and parents are reacting.
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Driver Called Out Cameras And Was Removed
- Kent Myrtle stood up at a safety meeting to question where footage from new AI bus cameras was going.
- He was quickly escorted out of the meeting and told the safety meeting wasn’t the place for that discussion.
Samsara Turns Buses Into Live AI-Monitored Vehicles
- Samsara installs inward/outward cameras on buses that stream footage and flag driver and student behavior via AI.
- The system provides instant managerial access to inside/outside views and automated alerts for drowsiness, hands-off, and incidents.
Footage Is Sent To The Cloud Potentially With Facial ID
- Footage of students and drivers is uploaded off the bus to cloud services without clear district communication.
- Kent found Samsara references to Amazon Web Services and camera ID facial recognition in their legal materials.