CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which Indian city is to be covered with Artificial Intelligence-based cameras, as part of Road Safety Project? Notes: About sixty Artificial Intelligence-based cameras are to be installed around the Kozhikode city of Kerala, as a part of the State-level road safety project.

Detailed explanation-2: -AI cameras for road enforcement activities cry for attention in Kozhikode - The Hindu.

Detailed explanation-3: -The MVD has procured 726 cameras as part of its ‘Safe Kerala Project’, at a cost of Rs 225 crore. More than 40 cameras each have been installed in every district. While Thiruvananthapuram has 81 operational cameras, Ernakulam and Kozhikode have 62 and 60 cameras, respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -The automatic number plate recognition cameras will detect, among others, speed limit, red-light jumping, and other traffic violations across Kerala’s highways and other arterial roads.

Detailed explanation-5: -Currently, there are no specific laws in India with regard to regulating AI, ML. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), the executive agency for AI-related strategies, recently constituted four committees to bring in a policy framework for AI.