Will AI be the solution to preventing school shootings? A school in Mt. Holly, NJ is one of the first using the technology to better spot firearms, reports The Hill. The Rancocas Valley Regional High School is one of the first working with a company called ZeroEyes which uses existing video cameras, coupled with artificial intelligence gun detection. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00Will AI be the solution to preventing school shootings?
00:04A school in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is one of the first using the technology to better spot firearms, reports The Hill.
00:12The Rancocas Valley Regional High School is one of the first working with a company called Zero Eyes,
00:18which uses existing video cameras coupled with artificial intelligence gun detection.
00:23The Hill says the software works in the background to flag guns and draw a box around them when visible.
00:30At that point, someone in the company's operations center reviews the alert and if verified,
00:36they immediately notify school officials, dispatch and police.
00:41Zero Eyes is founded by retired Navy SEALs.
00:44The staff is composed of retired members of the military and law enforcement for their operations center.
00:50They believe that being able to get an image of the gun and shooter to the right people is crucial,
00:56since in the past we've seen first responders not knowing what they're getting into.
01:00Quote, they get conflicting information in the fog of war.