• Name: Ciudad Segura (Mexico)
• Area of Application: Policing
• What kind of AI according to the project's official information: Facial Recognition and Predictive Policing

• Goals: “Not only be able to monitor and follow the track of a criminal, but also prevent crimes through video surveillance systems that use artificial intelligence in order to prevent a criminal from completing a crime”, according to Jean Marie Letort, vice president of Thales Security Board.

• How does it work according to the project's official information: In 2019, Thales won a request for proposal with the government of Mexico City to amplify the project Ciudad Segura and deploy AI systems to support and assist Mexico City’s C5 (Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center). Telmex and Cisco were also part of the project to modernize the network of cameras and WiFi spots.

• Possible bias: Stigmatization, discrimination, and criminalization of most vulnerable people. Furthermore, investigative journalists have pointed out that all that investment in tech is not necessarily helping to prevent crime or help victims obtain justice, therefore, it’s likely that the deployment of such tools only help mascarade the problem, particularly for those that have systematically been excluded from access to justice.

• Public Institutions Involved: Centro de Comando, Control, Cómputo, Comunicaciones y Contacto Ciudadano de la Ciudad de México – C5

• Companies/Private Institutions Involved: Thales, Telmex, Cisco

• Other interesting facts: This kind of facial recognition and predictive policing using AI is being deployed in several C5 across the country:
  • https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/cdmx/2017/06/16/inteligencia-artificial-contra-la-inseguridad
  • https://www.am.com.mx/hidalgo/noticias/Atienden-mas-de-23-mil-incidentes-en-C5i-de-Hidalgo–20190728-0041.html
  • https://www.noticiasdelsoldelalaguna.com.mx/local/coahuila-primer-estado-en-mexico-con-inteligencia-artificial-en-seguridad-publica-3286442.html
• Related links with further information:
  
  • C5, la millonaria promesa de videovigilancia de CDMX que no previene ni resuelve delitos, available at: https://www.animalpolitico.com/2021/02/c5-millonaria-promesa-videovigilancia-cdmx-no-resuelve-delitos/
  • Cámaras con IA de la CDMX ya podrán evitar delitos, available at: https://expansion.mx/tecnologia/2019/06/05/camaras-con-ia-de-la-cdmx-ya-podran-evitar-delitos