How Paris is using AI to boost Olympics security & thwart attacks amid highest terror threat level

PARIS is vying to become a global front-runner in the world of artificial intelligence with the city set to show off the latest technology at the Olympics. But the ambitious AI goals have proved controversial with tech and security experts fearing the increased surveillance could be an ethical, privacy and safety nightmare at the Games and beyond. French President Emmanuel Macron has been vocal about trying to make his country the “champions of AI“ with Paris aiming to be the world’s AI capital. As the Games get underway concerns are growing for digital rights activists that Macron may use his home Olympics to turn France into a China-style Big Brother surveillance hell in the years to come. For the Olympics, increased AI surveillance cameras and technology has already been deployed across Paris to monitor the millions of visitors expected in the coming weeks. Read more: