CTA rolls out AI gun detection technology for Chicago transit system
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Transit Authority on Thursday announced the rollout of software designed to detect guns on the 'L'âand it's powered by artificial intelligence.The CTA started rolling out the technology a month ago as part of a smaller pilot program. The transit agency said it is not releasing the exact locations where the technology is being used 'for security reasons,' but said Thursday that it targeted stations across its system.
The CTA emphasized that the Pennsylvania-based ZeroEyes does not use facial identification technology.Right now, only platform camerasânot train camerasâare outfitted with the technology. ZeroEyes technology is currently in use at major transit agencies and schools around the country, and in Chicago it is already being used at Navy Pier. The company is not without its critics, of whom Edwin Yohnka of the American Civil Liberties Union Illinois is one.
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