Saudis Use AI, Drones and Thousands of Cameras to Keep Hajj Pilgrims Safe

Saudi officials use AI, drones and thousands of cameras to keep hajj pilgrims safe

The centre has a main control room in Mecca filled with screens and maps, where staff use high-tech tools including AI for round-the-clock monitoring

Saudis use AI, drones and cameras to keep haj pilgrims safe

WORKING day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial intelligence to help manage the million-strong sea of pilgrims during the haj. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

AI, drones and thousands of cameras to keep pilgrims safe

Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial intelligence to help manage the million-strong sea of pilgrims during the Hajj. The technology has proven pivotal to track the overwhelming amount of footage from more than 15,000 cameras in and around the holy city of Makkah. The systems are tuned to spot abnormal crowd movements or predict bottlenecks in foot traffic -- a poten…

Saudis use AI_ drones and thousands of cameras to keep Haj pilgrims safe

Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial intelligence to help manage the million-strong sea of pilgrims during the Haj. The technology has proven pivotal to track the overwhelming amount of footage from more than 15,000 cameras in and around the holy city of Makkah. The systems are tuned to spot abnormal crowd movements or predict bottlenecks in foot traffic —a potentia…

Saudis use AI, drones and thousands of cameras to keep haj pilgrims safe

Around 1.4 million faithful from across the globe will descend on Mecca and its surrounds for the 2025 haj pilgrimmage. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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