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type="image/avif" srcset="https://cdn-images.the-express.com/img/dynamic/37/590x/secondary/Fears-surge-about-privacy-after-tech-CEO-makes-eerie-remark-about-AI-survelliance-319917.avif?r=1737664483996" media="screen"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://cdn-images.the-express.com/img/dynamic/37/590x/secondary/Fears-surge-about-privacy-after-tech-CEO-makes-eerie-remark-about-AI-survelliance-319917.webp?r=1737664483996" media="screen"><img src="https://cdn-images.the-express.com/img/dynamic/37/590x/secondary/Fears-surge-about-privacy-after-tech-CEO-makes-eerie-remark-about-AI-survelliance-319917.jpg?r=1737664483996" class="zoomEnabled" data-img="https://cdn-images.the-express.com/img/dynamic/37/1200x712/secondary/Fears-surge-about-privacy-after-tech-CEO-makes-eerie-remark-about-AI-survelliance-319917.jpg?r=1737664483996" alt="President Trump Delivers Remarks, Announces Infrastructure Plan At White House" title="President Trump Delivers Remarks, Announces Infrastructure Plan At White House" width="590" height="393"></picture></p><span class="newsCaption">Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, 80, is the second richest man in the world <span class="caption">(Image: Getty)</span><span class="magnifier" data-img="https://cdn-images.the-express.com/img/dynamic/37/1200x712/secondary/Fears-surge-about-privacy-after-tech-CEO-makes-eerie-remark-about-AI-survelliance-319917.jpg?r=1737664483996"></span></span></div><div class="text-description"><p>Users are panicking over a potential rise in surveillance after a disturbing old resurfaced of a tech company founder speaking about the future of <a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" title="Artificial Intelligence" href="/latest/artificial-intelligence">AI</a>-powered surveillance.</p><p>Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, 80, told investors at an Oracle financial analysts meeting in September about the potential benefits of controlling people through surveillance.</p><p>"The police will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording, watching and recording everything that's going on. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on. And it's unimpeachable," he said gleefully in a clip that went viral on X this week.</p><div class="fr-container" data-after-idx="3"><div align="center" data-freestar-ad="__336x280 __500x250" id="the-express_fs_articles_incontent-1" class="fr-incontent"> <script data-cfasync="false">freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({placementName:"the-express_fs_articles_incontent",slotId:"the-express_fs_articles_incontent-1"})</script> </div></div><ul><li><a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="/news/us-news/161346/nuclear-map-ww3-fears-russia"><strong>Disturbing nuclear map exposes where 75% of US would die in WW3 strikes</strong></a></li><li><a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="/finance/business/161273/amazon-warehouse-closure-quebec"><strong>Amazon cuts 1,700 jobs as it closes warehouse in major city</strong></a></li></ul><p>Ellis, who allegedly has <a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-oracle-larry-ellison-control-uk-sensitive-national-security-data/283555/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ties</a> to Israeli and British intelligence bodies, continued to explain that AI will watch monitors and alert the "appropriate" officials to crimes.</p><div id="ovp-primis"> <script>const loadOvpScript=()=>{let el=document.createElement('script');el.setAttribute('src','https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118702&playerApiId=v118702');document.getElementById('ovp-primis').appendChild(el)};window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118702"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}});window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',()=>{setTimeout(()=>{if(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded===!0){loadOvpScript();ExpressApp.Log('[Load] OVP flagTcfLoaded',new Date())}else{document.addEventListener("tcfLoaded",()=>{loadOvpScript();ExpressApp.Log('[Load] OVP tcfLoaded',new Date())})}},1500)})</script> </div><p>"An alarm is going to go off. We're going to have supervision," he said. "Every police officer is going to be supervised. At all times."</p><div id="taboola-ad"></div></div><div class="p402_hide htmlappend" data-id="2750769"><div class="text-description"><div class="twitter-wrapper" data-lazy-function="twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oracle's Larry Ellison says “citizens will be on their best behavior” with an AI surveillance system <a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/AzqWJWuswf">pic.twitter.com/AzqWJWuswf</a></p>— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1882042989184430332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2025</a></blockquote></div> <script async src="" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><div class="text-description"><p>He also raved about the use of drones, which he said could be more efficient in tackling certain incidents. For example, he said it would be more effective to have a drone follow a car rather than have police engage in a high-speed car chase.</p><p>He added, "I mean, it's very, very simple. The new generation of autonomous drones."</p><p>Internet users expressed deep fear for the future of their safety, privacy and autonomy in response to his resurfaced remarks.</p><p>Anti-trust Lawyer Basel Musharbash wrote on X in response to the video clip, "Either we destroy the oligarchs, or the oligarchs will enslave us. It’s really that simple. Those are our choices."</p><p>"I hate to sound like a doomer but there may genuinely be a finite deadline for our ability to meaningfully resist the rise of techno-feudalism," one wrote on X in a viral post.</p><div class="fr-container" data-after-idx="10"><div align="center" data-freestar-ad="__336x280 __500x250" id="the-express_fs_articles_incontent-2" class="fr-incontent"> <script data-cfasync="false">freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({placementName:"the-express_fs_articles_incontent",slotId:"the-express_fs_articles_incontent-2"})</script> </div></div><p>Another said in response to the viral post, "They said China would do this but it was us all along."</p><p data-mce-linkchecker-status="valid"><strong>DON'T MISS...</strong><br><strong><a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="/sport/american-football/155601/Bryce-Underwood-nil-michigan-Larry-Ellison" target="_blank">World's second-richest man involved in Michigan's bid to land No.1 QB</a></strong><br><strong><a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="/news/us-news/161198/us-government-survelliance-health-insurance" target="_blank">U.S. govt survelling accounts with 'negative' views of health insurance orgs</a><a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" href="/news/politics/154837/ice-expanding-gps-tracker-surveillance" target="_blank">ICE expanding GPS tracker and surveillance systems after Trump win</a></strong></p></div><div class="box two-related-articles clear top-articles-container" data-lazy-function="toparticles"> <header><h3>Trending</h3> </header><ul class="top-articles"></ul></div> <script>window.topArticlesScript="https://cdn-images.the-express.com/js/dist/article-top-articles20250218.min.js"</script> <div class="text-description"><p>"It's lowkey too late. They... already have their foot solidly in the door with our cell phones and virtually nobody is willing to let those go," another warned.</p><p>"Larry is just speculating....actually building the infrastructure for a Panopticon will take time," one cautioned, referring to an architectural design created to control a population originated by 18th century English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham.</p><div id="mantis-recommender-placeholder"></div><p>Another cried, "They want us to be serfs. 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