Mehab Qureshi reports:
The Seoul Metropolitan Government recently rolled out AI-enabled CCTV cameras to prevent suicides on bridges.
According to CTV News, the South Korean administration said it had been working on a CCTV-surveillance-and-response system since 2012.
It is worth noting that South Korea, with a population of 52 million people in 2019, had the highest suicide rate, with more than 13,700 people ending their lives, a report by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) had revealed.
Nearly 500 suicide attempts are reported on 27 bridges over the nearly 500-kilometre-long Han River every year, a press release by the administration stated.
The remainder of the article goes on to discuss the potential for misuse, ethical, and privacy issues.
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