Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Two Cities in Kazakhstan

A national video monitoring system using artificial intelligence was launched in Almaty and Astana, Orda.kz, citing Kazakhstan's Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The department reports that the project was developed jointly by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Security Committee, and the Ministry of Digital Development.

The system allows for identifying wanted people, identifying offenses, and finding suspicious objects left in public places. In addition, AI cameras can identify cars by make, model, and color without registering license plates.

Such cameras have been installed at train stations, airports, near hotels and shopping centers, as well as on busy highways and intersections.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs states that the system has already been tested at the World Nomad Games in Astana, where it was used to locate children lost in the crowd and people wanted by the police.

With the help of the video analytics system, 46 wanted offenders were quickly identified and detained in Astana. Similar work is being carried out in Almaty, where 30 wanted people have been identified and detained to date, the Ministry reported.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs cites China's and Russia's experiences and the “adaptation of best practices.”

In the future, it is planned to expand video monitoring with an increase in the number of cameras. This will happen in stages, the press release states.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the current monitoring system uses over 1.3 million surveillance cameras.

We previously reported that cameras would be installed in military units to combat hazing in the army.

Original Author: Nikita Drobny