Don’t Look Up! ‘Orwellian’ AI Traffic Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns

Existing traffic cameras set up across America are being replaced by artificial intelligence-fueled versions that for the first time gives the government the ability to monitor behavior inside of private vehicles, raising the alarm of privacy advocates.

Screens show the feeds from traffic cameras at the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada's FAST traffic management center, on Dec. 6, 2016. AP Photo/John Locher

Existing traffic cameras set up across America to find speeding and red light scofflaws are being replaced by smarter, artificial intelligence-fueled versions equipped with upgraded software that for the first time gives the government the ability to monitor behavior inside of private vehicles, raising the alarm of privacy advocates.

“The public should be rightly concerned,” Electronic Frontier Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Matthew Guariglia told The Epoch Times. “Congress has completely abdicated their responsibility to protect people’s privacy.”