The Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, said to himself “ favorable » to an extension of the use of algorithmic video surveillance, which had been tested during the Olympic Games.
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There algorithmic video surveillance is a security device driven by artificial intelligence programs which was designed to analyze images recorded by urban cameras.
The computer processing of videos, which is carried out without using facial recognition technologies, automatically identifies “events” qualified as abnormal, such as panic movements in a crowd or the fall of a person in the street.
Assessment “ positive », according to the prefect of Paris
Behavioral video surveillance during the Olympic and Paralympic Games has ” demonstrated its usefulness », Estimates the Paris police prefect before the law committee of the National Assembly. Qualifying the “ balance sheet » of the experimentation of “ positive », he wishes to extend it to all sporting or cultural events.
During his hearing, the prefect refuted the arguments of the deputy of La France insoumise, Elisa Martin, of any suggestion of “ widespread surveillance » of the population. Associations defending digital freedoms believe, on the contrary, that AI surveillance can lead to security abuses.
On September 12, Rights Defender Claire Hédon received a parliamentary referral on the violation of fundamental rights and freedoms during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The referral targets, among other things, the “ right to respect for private life ”, via algorithmic video surveillance, particularly in transport, which has potentially “ put private data at risk » of 12 million people.
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