MTA Explores How To Use AI To Monitor Thousands Of Cameras In Transit System

MTA Explores How To Use AI To Monitor Thousands Of Cameras In Transit System

The transportation authority wants to know how technology can be used to detect weapons, monitor unattended items or even foresee stampedes.

New York City's MTA Explores How to Use AI to Monitor Thousands of Cameras in Transit System

The NYC transit authority considers how AI with its existing cameras might detect weapons, monitor unattended items or even foresee stampedes.

MTA is looking into using AI to monitor transit system cameras

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has started exploring how artificial intelligence could be used to monitor the system’s more than 15,000 cameras to detect and predict unsafe behaviors, identify weapons or other dangerous objects, and recognize unattended items. As first reported by The City, the MTA said there’s been “interest across the board” from tech firms following a request for information issued by the agency in early December. …