Wyden raises concerns after AI company films near tram
Wyden asked Sightline’s CEO to explain how the company used tram footage and to delete footage of Oregonians taken without consent.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYKOIN 6 is a local news outlet with an identified reporter, and the story attributes key claims to letters and named sources. The article does not independently verify the company’s account of the footage.
- Source type — A local news outlet reporting on a regional issue.
- Transparency — It identifies the letters and distinguishes the company’s claims from the bureau’s comments.
- Author attribution — The article names its reporter.
- Editorial standards — The text provides no specific information about corrections practices or editorial standards.
The report includes detailed, attributed statements from Wyden’s letter, the company’s response and Portland’s transportation bureau, while noting that OHSU did not respond. The central claims about how the footage was used and deleted are the company’s account and are not independently confirmed in the article.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives substantial space to both Wyden’s concerns and the company’s detailed response, and includes the transportation bureau’s account. The company’s claims about its technology and data practices are not independently verified, and OHSU did not comment.
- Counterarguments presented — The company’s response directly addresses Wyden’s questions and concerns.
- Source diversity — The story includes the senator, the company and the transportation bureau, but OHSU did not respond.
- Omitted context — The company’s account of the footage and its deletion is not independently confirmed.
- Loaded language — The report generally uses neutral language and attributes claims.
The article presents Wyden’s concerns, the company’s response and the transportation bureau’s account in largely straightforward, attributed language. It does not discernibly favor a political viewpoint.
- Language tone — Primarily factual and restrained wording.
- Source selection — Includes statements from Wyden, the company and Portland’s transportation bureau, while noting OHSU did not respond.
- Framing — Frames the story around privacy concerns and the company’s response without drawing a partisan conclusion.
Sen. Ron Wyden sent Sightline Intelligence’s CEO questions about privacy after the company used old footage of Portland’s aerial tram in a promotional video. The CEO said the footage was not used to train AI and had been deleted; Wyden said he would continue monitoring the issue.
Wyden said Oregonians had raised concerns after Sightline Intelligence featured aerial footage of the OHSU tram in a promotional video. In a Sept. 10 letter, he asked CEO Jon Atwood whether the footage or other Oregon footage had been used to develop the company’s technology and requested that footage of Oregonians taken without consent be deleted.
Atwood replied in a letter dated Sept. 24 that the tram footage was recorded around 2014 for a promotional video, was not used to train Sightline’s AI products, and had been deleted from company systems under its control. Portland’s transportation bureau said it was unaware of the filming; OHSU did not respond to KOIN 6’s request for comment. Wyden’s spokesperson said the senator appreciated the response and would continue monitoring the situation.
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