Hindu pilgrims arriving in Prayagraj during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival on Jan 14, 2025. Facial recognition cameras, underwater drones and robotic buoys are among the artificial intelligence-powered technologies being utilised to track the safety of nearly 450 million pilgrims, and help trace missing people, at the six-week-long religious extravaganza, Maha Kumbh Mela, that started on Jan 13. — AFP
India has deployed some of the world’s newest digital technologies to solve one of the oldest problems at the world’s largest human gathering.
Facial recognition cameras, underwater drones and robotic buoys are among the artificial intelligence-powered technologies being utilised to track the safety of nearly 450 million pilgrims, and help trace missing people, at the six-week-long religious extravaganza, Maha Kumbh Mela, that started on Jan 13.
