TECH - Amazon's AI Tested In Major UK Train Stations To Combat Crime: What You Need To Know | Benzinga
Several underground train stations in the United Kingdom have adopted Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) facial recognition technology in the Seattle-based company’s latest flex of its AI muscles.
What Happened: Wired reported the program’s existence, citing partially redacted documents from a FOIA request.
London's Euston and Waterloo stations and Manchester’s Piccadilly station are among the British stations who have tested AI in conjunction with CCTV cameras. The program was initiated in an effort to reduce crime.
Images captured of passengers were analyzed through Amazon's Rekognition, an AI-powered facial recognition system. The system predicts travelers' age, gender, and emotions (such as happy or sad) in predicting behavior. ...