CHINA — China has developed CCTV cameras embedded with artificial intelligence to track the movements of civilians across the country.<br /><br />The program, Ensemble Net, was trained using clips from CCTV footage and is supposedly 90 percent accurate, New Scientist reports.<br /><br />The system will be able to scan body shapes and facial features. It will then scan the database to see if it finds a match.<br /><br />The program will also be able to identify a person in disguise or if their back is faced towards the camera.<br /><br />The AI-powered CCTV cameras have already been used by Chinese authorities to track down fugitives, CNet reports.<br /><br />China plans to have over 600 million AI-powered CCTV cameras by 2020, according to Q Daily, a Chinese online publication.
