January 23, 2025
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
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.
