Companies And Stores Are Making Use Of AI To Track Social Distancing

Anil - Apr 29, 2020

A bunch of offices and public stores in the US are equipping their current security cameras with AI software that can check COVID-19 compliance.

According to Reuters, a bunch of offices and public stores in the US - which have high consciousness in preventing the COVID-19 virus from spreading - are equipping their current security cameras with AI software that can check compliance. It also includes recommendations of following social distancing and mask-on orders.

Ai Stores — A security camera inside a supermarket.

As claimed by several companies that along with concerns about COVID-19 and pneumonia caused by it, the software has played an important role. It helps them show that workers, customers, and even insurers and regulators are effectuating practices for safety.

Jen Suerth, vice president at a Chicago-based company, which recommended tracking social distancing compliance from workers at an Oracle project in Deerfield, Illinois with the aid of this software, said that he was concerned about the shutdown of their projects done by the governor as a result of disobedience.

As soon as Glimpse Analytics’ polishing factory opens again in Gujarat, India, Samarth Diamond will consider installing the software in its area. Meanwhile, two shopping centers in Michigan will have those trackers in the next two weeks.

As similar devices were in use to identify shoppers and search for helmet scofflaws on construction sites, purchasers expect this high-tech one will do its job well.

However, clients are advised by technology experts not to introduce new technology at the time when the situation is still chaotic, instead consider to produce tools that are only needed in a short period. There were concerns from social activists about people’s privacy that may be affected by those trackers, and therefore, they recommend businesses not to overuse AI during the pandemic.

Al Gidari, a privacy expert from Stanford Law School, questioned the existence of the tech after the pandemic, and also mentioned the role of cameras in stores would remain in detecting shoplifters beside ensuring social distancing.