Metropolitan Transportation Authority

CEO of Firm Tapped for AI Metal Detectors in NYC Subways Says Subways Are Not a ‘Good Use-Case’

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Photo: Barry Williams for NY Daily News (Getty Images) Citing a supposed spike in crime, New York State and New York City officials have launched a heavy-handed, police-state-flavored push to increase safety in the city’s subway systems. This has included the controversial deployment of National Guard and State Police units into the city’s tunnels and, … Read more

NYC is Utilizing AI To Scan Subway Fare Dodgers

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New York Metropolis’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has admitted it makes use of cameras geared up with AI software program to scan riders believed to have jumped subway turnstiles with out paying fares. The MTA, which says it collects the scans “as a counting device” plans to broaden the system to greater than two dozen extra … Read more