France's Controversial AI Surveillance Plans for 2024 Olympics
France's National Assembly is set to adopt a law allowing AI video surveillance to be used to detect abnormal behaviour ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Human rights groups have condemned the measure, which they say sets a dangerous precedent. The technology uses computer software to analyse images captured by surveillance cameras in real time, with algorithms in charge of analysis. Critics fear the technology may contain discriminatory biases and could eventually lead to biometric or voice surveillance.