CTA implements AI to help safety officials detect guns [Video]

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A new Chicago Transit Authority pilot program uses Artificial Intelligence to detect guns on trains, buses and other CTA property.

“We cannot recognize faces – we do not want to. We cannot store biometric data, name, face, location of you as an individual. We don’t want to,” said Sam Alaimo, co-founder of the AI system Zero Eyes.

The system is now in use by the Chicago Transit Authority.

Alaimo says that what is being tracked are guns on CTA trains, buses, and other property. Local authorities are notified within 3 to 5 seconds of their detection. The ultimate goal of the system is to prevent a possible shooting.

However, if a gunman does open fire, the information monitored by the former military and law enforcement personnel with Zero Eyes can help with a faster local police response and resolution.

“They know exactly where to go. So police don’t have to …