The deadline for the implementation of face recognition in the Russian metro

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that from September 1 of this year in the Moscow metro

The implementation of a full-fledged video surveillance system will be completed, the main innovation of which will be the facial recognition function.

”Last year, we experimented with the systemface recognition, dozens of wanted citizens were detained, ”the head of the capital told in an extended meeting of the board of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow.

At the same time, Sobyanin separately noted the fact thatface recognition system has already shown its extreme effectiveness. In this regard, it was introduced in droves on a massive scale since January 1: the old city systems were replaced with higher-definition cameras, and they also launched the work of artificial intelligence engaged in face recognition. Thanks to this, according to the head of Moscow, “wanted persons will be recognized in a split second”.