The RFTUV Briefing: The Flock Camera War Escalates, the CEOs Who Built AI Ask to Be Regulated, and the Model That Is Both Small and Huge

The RFTUV Briefing for October 12, 2026, midday edition. The business-and-build Monday read: the Flock camera war in Dutchess County escalates on two fronts, as legislators demand the unremoved cameras be visibly covered and a Rhinebeck man faces felony charges for allegedly torching one at 6052 Route 9. Microsoft president Brad Smith says AI has less regulation than a carton of milk, while Bill Gates pushes safety rules along the lines of planes, cars and medicine, and Satya Nadella says treat models as compromised from the start. And Aleph Alpha's Kolibri-1, the German open-weights model that computes like a small model and loads like a very large one. Plus a Hudson Valley volunteer-week note. Full articles at rftuv.ai.

Stories:
- Dutchess County legislators call for visibly covering unremoved Flock cameras; John K. Coleman, 26, of Rhinebeck, charged with Criminal Mischief 3rd (felony) and Arson 5th after allegedly torching a Flock camera at 6052 Route 9 (Spectrum News, Oct 9; News12, Oct 11)
- Brad Smith: AI is less regulated than milk (BBC, Oct 11; The Guardian, Oct 12); Bill Gates pushes AI safety rules like planes, cars and medicine (Benzinga, Oct 12); Satya Nadella plans to treat models as compromised from the start (The Indian Express, Oct 12)
- Aleph Alpha releases Kolibri-1, open weights under Apache 2.0, 78.1 billion total parameters computing like a 3.5-billion model, minimum spec two A100 80 GB cards (Ellis Ward, rftuv.ai)
- Hudson Valley midday close: Spooktacular Oktoberfest and volunteer opportunities of the week (Patch, Oct 12)