CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by researchers at Kingston University, who have created a system that uses artificial intelligence to recognise specific types of behaviour, such as someone holding a gun, reports BBC News. “We’re seeking to use surveillance to help control society, while avoiding the ‘Big Brother’ nightmare of everybody being seen all the time,” says the aptly-named Dr James Orwell of Kingston’s Digital Imaging Research Centre (DIRC).
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