India uses AI to stop stampedes at world’s biggest gathering

Police official says footage fed into an AI algorithm gives its handlers an overall estimate of a crowd stretching for miles in every direction.

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An engineer uses a radio transmitter to control a drone equipped with artificial intelligence, enabling the state police to surveil the crowd during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 17, 2025. PHOTO: AFP

January 23, 2025

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