00:00Five years after Greece's border crisis, fewer Syrian, Afghan and Egyptian migrants
00:05are trying to reach Europe through the Evros River.
00:08Those that do, are met with dozens of AI-equipped drones and motion detection cameras that will
00:14watch their every move.
00:15The Evros has become a testing ground for tech that may in future be used to protect
00:20Europe's borders.
00:22Right now we're talking about a major surveillance exercise that is actually an exercise that
00:27is coordinated and financed by the European Union.
00:31AI-powered or automated surveillance at the border is a relatively new concept, but one
00:36that 12 EU member states are already trying out.
00:41Migrants are being kind of used as guinea pigs really in this area, so all of the glitches
00:45with the systems, all of the possible problems and so on, have all become faults for migrants
00:51to deal with.
00:52Experts don't think AI will be the focus of migration talks at the EU summit, but they
00:57say further research is needed so the impact of AI at the border can be understood.
01:01We need to be aware of the kind of algorithm that is being used, and we need to understand
01:08how the algorithm works.
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