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Artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance technology can be used by governments and private businesses to deter crime, but it comes at a cost, according to experts.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City, for example, recently confirmed that the city has deployed AI surveillance tools in seven subway stations in an effort to track how much money the city is losing to fare evasion rather than to track down people who jump turnstiles.
“The MTA uses this tool to quantify the amount of fare evasion without identifying fare evaders,” MTA spokesperson Joana Flores told Fox News Digital in a statement.
The public transportation authority released a report in May revealing it lost about $690 million to fare evasion last year. The AI fare evasion detector software will not only help the MTA keep track of how much money it’s losing, but it will also help the city’s government come up with ways to stop fare evaders by tracking exactly how they are getting through without paying.
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A suspect jumps over a turnstile to exit the No. 4 train platform at City Hall/Brooklyn Bridge station before he was last seen fleeing through the Chambers Street station. (NYPD)
For example, if people are jumping turnstiles, replacing them with doors may help reduce fare evasion, the report says.
The report notes that “AI technology has the potential to help reduce fare evasion” and “measure fare evasion… to plan effective and equitable interventions.”
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The MTA has partnered with the Spain-based AI software company called AWAAIT, according to government documents obtained by NBC, which has a tool called DETECTOR that helps detect fare evasion in real-time, according to its website. AWAAIT is currently deployed in three cities, including New York and Barcelona, according to local news reports.
Though the MTA said it is not using this AI technology to…
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