Company behind A.I. used to detect guns describes tech after lockdown at St. John Fisher

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St. John Fisher University is detecting guns on campus through ZeroEyes, a company that uses artificial intelligence to find guns in realt-time.

ZeroEyes is a company that uses artificial intelligence to find guns in real-time as part of existing security cameras at facilities across 42 states ., a company that uses artificial intelligence to find guns in real-time as part of existing security cameras at facilities across 42 states."We don't look at face," said COO Rob Huberty. "We actually can’t see your live video footage. We only can see an image when our A.I. thinks something is a gun.

The technology led to a 15-minute lockdown at St. John Fisher last month after cameras spotted what appeared to be firearms on campus in the Cleary Family Auditorium, which is located inside Kearney Hall."These prop guns look exactly like real guns," said Huberty. "The fact that they don’t shoot bullets, we are not going to know for sure. We’re not going to be able to verify, so we’re going to dispatch that.

In a statement, St. John Fisher said anything that's detected by the software is evaluated by trained personnel who can alert the Office of Safety and Security. "Multiple people will look at an image before we dispatch it," added Huberty. "It can happen as fast as three to five seconds.""Let’s say that it seems to be a real gun in a real situation," Huberty said. "That’s the highest threshold. When we dispatch, it’s going to show up to an app on phones to people on site. So think, security, police, school resource officers, and anybody who is the security on site of these locations who could do something about it...

 

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