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Digital Camera World
Leonie Helm

52% of all Australian drowning deaths happen in swimming pools – AI cameras are helping tackle the problem

A man swimming in a pool.

Artificial intelligence is helping keep people safe in swimming pools in Australia this southern hemisphere summer, proving again that AI can be used for good as well as evil.

The method is being pioneered by an aquatic center in Queensland, Australia, where overhead cameras and AI programming combine to detect erratic movement in the water.

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