How AI-powered drones can patrol and monitor borders

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AI as a border control assistant

The EU aims to better control migration: with smart lie detectors, AI-based dialect analysis to determine speakers’ origins or an AI assistant that asses whether a migrant might present a safety threat.

AI drones and data collection

Smart drones and other AI systems can recognize our faces and collect a lot of data about us. That’s why experts are calling for better rules for data protection in AI-based border control.

AI in Border Control: Helpful or Harmful?

Autonomous drones that detect and track people along the border are being researched along the European and US borders. Critics see issues with this plan – and not just ethical ones.

Can AI predict migration flows?

How many people will be forced to flee their homes due to wars or natural disasters? A Danish AI can forecast statistics over years.

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Using AI as a border control assistant

From smart lie detectors to analyzing dialects — artificial intelligence aims to help determine migrants' origins.

Can AI predict migration flows?

Danish artificial intelligence may be able to forecast how many people are forced to flee war or natural disasters.

AI drones and data collection

AI-based systems collect our data. But there is need for clarity on just how this data can be used.

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