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How AI-powered drones can patrol and monitor borders

September 7, 2024

DW looks at how drones fitted with thermal sensors and AI technology can detect people and automatically track them.

https://p.dw.com/p/4kLsN
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AI as a border control assistant

AI as a border control assistant

The EU aims to better control migration: with smart lie detectors, AI-based dialect analysis to determine speakers’ origins or an AI assistant that asses whether a migrant might present a safety threat.
TechnologySeptember 7, 202401:15 min
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AI drones and data collection

AI drones and data collection

Smart drones and other AI systems can recognize our faces and collect a lot of data about us. That’s why experts are calling for better rules for data protection in AI-based border control.
TechnologySeptember 6, 202402:27 min
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AI in Border Control: Helpful or Harmful?

AI in Border Control: Helpful or Harmful?

Autonomous drones that detect and track people along the border are being researched along the European and US borders. Critics see issues with this plan – and not just ethical ones.
Digital WorldSeptember 12, 202412:34 min
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