Pennsylvania School District Using AI-Enabled Wi-Fi to Search Students for Firearms

Pittsburgh-based CurvePoint developed AI that harnesses Wi-Fi for ’spatial intelligence,' which the company claims can locate concealed weapons on students.
Pennsylvania School District Using AI-Enabled Wi-Fi to Search Students for Firearms
The entrance to Oliver Citywide Academy is empty after a shooting in Pittsburgh on May 24, 2023, in this file photo. Justin Vellucci/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP
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A Pennsylvania school district is using artificial intelligence (AI) to keep guns off of its campuses. But civil liberties advocates warn the technology could lead to mass surveillance and violation of constitutional rights.

The Chartiers Valley School District, in Allegheny County, has implemented AI that harnesses the district’s Wi-Fi signals to determine if people are carrying weapons as they enter the schools.

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