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For privacy advocates, however, the match isn’t anything but done.
The experiment is set to continue until March 2025.
In that respect, France is no exception."
Legalize AI surveillance
A legal framework for carrying out these tests already exists.
The new AI system was also deployed across 46 subway stations with a maximum of 300 cameras.
It’s worth noting that VSA is different from the even more controversial live facial recognition technology.
Here, the algorithmic scan of the videos is used to flag potentially dangerous situations.
A privacy nightmare?
French VSA might not be as invasive as live facial recognition on paper.
Yet, privacy experts believe there are still high risks in introducing AI into the national surveillance system.
What’s next?
“In the end, we believe that VSA will be dominant both ways,” Libeau told me.
“They are waiting for the right political and legal conditions for full-fledged deployments.
And France creating a permanent legal framework would surely help them speed up that process.
