{"id":45334,"date":"2021-07-01T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45334"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:35:22","slug":"seoul-to-deploy-ai-to-detect-potential-suicides-on-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/seoul-to-deploy-ai-to-detect-potential-suicides-on-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul to deploy AI to detect potential suicides on bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The authorities of the South Korean capital, in partnership with the Seoul Institute of Technology, will embed artificial intelligence in the city\u2019s surveillance system to detect and prevent suicide attempts on its bridges. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/seoul-using-ai-detect-prevent-suicide-attempts-bridges-2021-06-30\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\"> Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A system of AI, developed since 2020, analyses behavioural patterns by examining data from cameras, sensors and rescue-service reports. According to lead researcher Kim Jun-chul, based on footage from video cameras and assessments of such cues as a person\u2019s movements, the algorithm can forecast a dangerous situation and immediately alert the emergency services.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cWe believe the new system will enable our teams to identify cases faster and respond to calls more promptly,\u201d said Kim Hyeong-gil (Kim Hyeong-gil), head of the rescue team.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The algorithm is slated to be connected to video cameras on all of Seoul\u2019s bridges by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Data-security experts criticised the tool. Former Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian said that AI-enabled video surveillance \u201cinvades privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cPeople should be fully aware that their identities and actions are recorded as they walk along this bridge,\u201d the expert says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>American lawyer David Fraser adheres to a different view. He says the technology \u201cis intended to save lives,\u201d but adds that the programme should be \u201cclosely monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, South Korea recorded the highest suicide rate on record, with government data showing more than 13,700 people took their own lives. In Seoul, there are about 500 suicide attempts annually on 27 bridges over the Han River.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in June, South Korea&#8217;s authorities announced that<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/russians-back-replacing-deputies-with-algorithms-as-yandex-unveils-a-gpt-3-rival-and-other-ai-news\"> they would deploy autonomous robots with artificial intelligence to patrol the border<\/a> with North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog AI news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\"> ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities of the South Korean capital, in partnership with Seoul Institute of Technology, will embed artificial intelligence in the city\u2019s surveillance system to detect and prevent suicide attempts on its bridges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,974,1515],"class_list":["post-45334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-south-korea","tag-tracking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45335,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45334\/revisions\/45335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}