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Las Vegas transit system is nation's first to plan full deployment of AI surveillance system for weapons
Violence on mass transit is a major crime issue in the U.S. Las Vegas is deploying system-wide AI weapons scans, the first in the nation to do so.
As part of a $33 million multi-year upgrade to fortify its security, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is set to add a system-wide AI from gun detection software vendor ZeroEyes that scans riders on its over 400 buses in an attempt to identify anyone brandishing a firearm. A mass shooting often begins with a subject entering a complex with the weapon drawn, fully displayed, and that gives ZeroEyes space to work and overcome a fog-of-war type situation, according to Sam Alaimo, co-founder of Zero Eyes. Wei Dai, assistant professor of Purdue Northwest's Department of Computer Science and advanced intelligence software lab director, says that image-based scanned programs like ZeroEyes, which relies on existing camera mounts, may not be as effective as other AI options when detecting weapons.
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