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.
The technology, called Wi-AI, was developed by CurvePoint of Pittsburgh. CurvePoint grew out of AI research at Carnegie Mellon University.
According to the company, Wi-AI uses “spatial intelligence” to find weapons, such as guns, before they are able to enter a school….