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NYC’s AI-powered subway gun scanners didn’t find a single gun.
The scanners, created by the weapon-detection company Evolv, were installed at 20 MTA stations as part of a pilot program.
Of the 2,749 scans that were done since July, none involved a gun — though 118 of them were false positives. The scanners also had issues with false positives at a Bronx hospital.
The Legal Aid Society called the pilot a “failure.”
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