\ud83d\udcc3 The draft Budget 2025 unveils the government’s intention to modernize speed cameras by integrating capabilities based on artificial intelligence and data science. The aim? Detect more traffic violations, such as inter-car distance, failure to wear seatbelts and hand-held cell phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udd0d This initiative is already generating questions and debate. If this measure were to be adopted, it would be essential for the design of systems using artificial intelligence to be approved so as to certify that the entire device meets regulatory requirements. It will also be important to ensure that users who are subject to fines have effective means of challenging automated decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CNIL will have to be consulted for its opinion. But beyond these fundamental safeguards to preserve our rule of law, the question is where to draw the line between security and freedom in our democracies in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AIs are already monitoring Internet users on social networks to identify tax offences, and are now likely to be monitoring road users, and tomorrow everyone in the public space, and even in the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do we draw the line to prevent these devices being misused for other purposes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2696\ufe0f It’s a legal, philosophical and eminently political debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n