it House News on May 12th, from May 14th to 25th, about 40,000 people, including some world-famous movie stars and celebrities, will fly to the French Riviera to attend the annual Cannes Film Festival. According to Agence France-Presse, local government departments recently announced the deployment of 17 experimental cameras equipped with AI technology. They can identify suspicious events or behaviors and can also help detect carelessly abandoned packages.
Cannes Mayor David Lisnard said that the local city hall has required the deployment of surveillance systems since 2019. Finally, in order to cope with the security work of the Paris Olympics in July this year, the laws related to surveillance systems were revised before being allowed to be deployed. David also said that Cannes already has the "most dense" network of cameras in France - 884 in total, equivalent to one for every 84 residents. Cannes is also equipped with 462 emergency call buttons located throughout public spaces and buildings.
During the Paris Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11 this year, various new technologies will naturally be unveiled and put into use. In addition to AI cameras, it House previously reported that Paris had expected air taxis to be put into commercial use this year, using the existing helicopter network (mainly two routes) to carry one passenger and one pilot, which means "airport flying" "Going to the stadium" may become a reality.
