Coco Robotics

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1. Oct 21
   Chicago lawsuits allege Coco and Serve robots scanned biometric data without consent

   Two proposed class-action lawsuits in Chicago allege that delivery robots operated by Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics captured customers' biometric data without consent and used it to train AI systems. The plaintiffs, Cook County residents, say the companies violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, which requires written notice, prior written consent and retention schedules, and seek statutory damages of $1,000 per negligent violation or $5,000 per intentional or reckless violation. Both companies deny the claims: Serve says its cameras and sensors navigate sidewalks and are not used to identify individuals or create biometric profiles, while Coco told the Associated Press it collects only navigational data and called the legal action frivolous.

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2. Oct 12
   Honeyjar launches AI comms platform to encode senior PR expertise

   Honeyjar, a startup founded by veteran communications executives Michelle Masek and Nadia Jamshidi, is appearing at TechCrunch Disrupt as part of the Startup Battlefield 200, aiming to make senior-level PR judgment available to founders and others without comms experience. The tool automates drafting announcements, building media lists, finding reporters, tracking coverage and surfacing speaking opportunities, while the company says a human must still hit send or publish. Honeyjar says its waitlist drew 10,000 signups in the first 24 hours, with beta testers including Nextdoor, Coco Robotics, Bloomberg Beta and agencies Mission North and Full Picture, and it is training the product on other PR professionals' judgment through an initiative called Comms Lab.

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