Network Rail has come under scrutiny for using AI-powered cameras to monitor passengers at eight major UK train stations, including Waterloo, Euston, and Glasgow Central, without their knowledge. The AI cameras, powered by Amazon software, were used to scan faces and predict age, gender, and emotions. Privacy advocates, including Big Brother Watch, have raised concerns about potential overreach and misuse of surveillance technology. Despite Network Rail's denial of recording emotions, documents revealed that the trial, which began in 2022 and lasted two years, involved photographing passengers as they passed through ticket barriers. The use of AI in public surveillance has sparked a debate between privacy concerns and potential benefits for efficiency and safety improvements.
Big Brother on Board: UK Train Stations Use Amazon-Powered AI to Read People’s Mood https://t.co/lLa0dgxcKD
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should Big Brother Watch has uncovered documents revealing that eight train stations trialled Amazon’s AI surveillance software with their CCTV cameras – with some analysing passengers’s age, gender and emotions. https://t.co/HWReJfym2F
How AI is used in UK train stations Image recognition software that can track passenger emotions pits privacy concerns against efficiency and safety improvements https://t.co/MKXzZlms66
UK Network Rail covertly collected passengers' facial data via AI-powered surveillance cameras: report https://t.co/MW4W90tcAB
Network Rail has denied recording passengers’ emotions as part of trial of AI cameras ✍️: @NeilLancefield https://t.co/ECUSNdvl7N
IT's been revealed that train passengers at Glasgow Central had their emotions and demographic information recorded by Network Rail AI cameras at major stations without their knowledge. Click below to find out more 👇 https://t.co/4A3FdSTfuU #Tech | #News
AI cameras have been used at London stations to detect the emotions of passengers. Network Rail revealed they took photographs of people passing through ticket barriers as part of a trial launched in 2022 without their knowledge. https://t.co/QXySZNuMMI
Network Rail 'secretly used Amazon AI cameras to scan rail passengers' faces at major stations including Waterloo and Euston to record their ages, genders and emotions' - how can YOU find out if you've been filmed? https://t.co/vhukvFZdaH https://t.co/oE1xzVqdJd
Rail passengers have had their emotions and demographics recorded by an AI camera system at main stations without their knowledge, documents have revealed ⬇️ https://t.co/TRTAvw3quP
FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger faces for two years as part of AI trials; Amazon software was used to predict age, gender, and emotions (@mattburgess1 / Wired) https://t.co/1QB6WHTRXH 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/ICDRrGdkau
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