France Ramps Up AI Video Surveillance Ahead of 2024 Olympics
• Nice, France has over 4,200 public surveillance cameras, with advanced AI capabilities like facial recognition, to monitor for crimes and threats. It's considered the most heavily monitored city in France.
• France aims to widely deploy AI video surveillance technology like crowd monitoring ahead of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, to protect against attacks.
• The EU passed regulations on using AI technology, but carved out exceptions allowing European law enforcement to utilize systems like facial recognition if given judicial approval.
• Some European countries are adopting AI surveillance that detects human actions but shows police stick-figure representations, to sidestep bans on facial recognition tech.
• France passed a law expanding legal AI video surveillance applications in the lead-up to the Olympics, hoping to demonstrate the technology's effectiveness to the public.