Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood
The Guardian World ·
Residents in Toronto's Rosedale neighborhood are opposed to an AI-powered surveillance system that aims to create a 'virtual gated community' to combat property crime.
Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crimeA row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create the country’s first “virtual gated community” to combat surging property crime.Crime rates in Toronto as a whole are dropping, but residents of Rosedale have been left on edge by a sustained rise in home invasions, with robbers targeting the tree-lined neighbourhood at …
Original source: The Guardian World