Mumbai to get 15,000 AI-powered CCTV cameras under Rs 2,140-cr surveillance projectMumbai is set to significantly enhance its public safety with 15,000 new AI-powered CCTV cameras. This Rs 2,140 crore project will integrat...
19 May, 2026, 07.25 PM IST
Railways plans AI cameras; new orders on holdResearch Designs and Standards Organisation first specified internet protocol-based video surveillance systems for rolling stock in March 2...
08 May, 2026, 12.55 AM IST
Guns, drones & algos: War gets smarter, faster & uncomfortably less humanArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing global warfare. Nations are significantly increasing AI spending for defense. This technology en...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
Bounty hunters and AI are helping ICE find immigrants in the USUS authorities are increasingly using private contractors and advanced AI to locate immigrants, a system dubbed 'skip tracing'. These firms...
03 Apr, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
Meet ASC Arjun, Indian Railways’ AI-powered robocop with advanced features including facial recognitionIndian Railways has deployed an AI-powered robot, ASC Arjun, at Visakhapatnam station for enhanced surveillance and security. This indigeno...
16 Feb, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Facial recognition system part of safe city project for Delhi, govt tells Rajya SabhaThe Union Home Ministry has approved the 'Safe City Project' for Delhi, which includes deploying a facial recognition system on CCTV camera...
06 Aug, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
Facial recognition along Amarnath routeTo bolster security for the Amarnath Yatra, Jammu and Kashmir Police have deployed facial recognition systems along the Pahalgam route. Thi...
10 Jun, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
Bankrupt US pharmacy chain Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognitionRite Aid deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology from 2012 to 2020 to identify shoplifters but the company fal...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
British lawmakers call for pause in live facial recognition surveillanceThe move comes after policing minister Chris Philp, speaking at the ruling Conservative party's annual conference this week, suggested a ne...
06 Oct, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
Facial recognition powers 'automated apartheid' in Israel, says reportIsrael has long restricted the freedom of movement of Palestinians, but technological advances are giving authorities powerful new tools. I...
02 May, 2023, 09.23 AM IST
Surveillance hotspot, Hyderabad, sees facial recognition taken to courtMasood's petition in the southern state is seen as a test case as facial recognition systems are deployed nationwide, with digital rights a...
21 Jan, 2022, 10.11 AM IST
China found using surveillance firms to help write ethnic-tracking specificationsThe technical standards, published by surveillance research group IPVM, specify how data captured by facial recognition cameras across Chin...
30 Mar, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
At Dubai airport, travellers' eyes become their passportsThe key east-west transit hub is rolling out another addition from the realm of science fiction _ an iris-scanner that verifies one's ident...
09 Mar, 2021, 10.03 AM IST
Surveillance tech firms cash in as govt agencies have a look inCentral and state governments across the country have started using surveillance recognition technology to identify criminals, missing pers...
27 Jan, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Activists rally against ‘illegal’ surveillance of CAA protestsAsk Delhi Police to halt use of facial recognition tech to identify demonstrators, point to unlawful use of drones. The officer, however, i...
31 Dec, 2019, 08.26 AM IST
India is planning a huge China-style facial recognition programGovt will open bids next month to build a system to centralise facial recognition data from surveillance cameras.
20 Sep, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
Satya Nadella calls for building AI responsibly, especially in facial recognition techMicrosoft is one of several companies playing a leading role in developing facial recognition tech.
07 Dec, 2018, 03.06 PM IST