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A.I. May Stop Mass Shootings Before They Start
Students at The University of Texas at Dallas are using artificial intelligence to stop mass shootings before they start. "It's something that we haven't had before," said Ashlesha Nesarikar, a UT Dallas computer science major. The early-warning system the 19-year-old and her team developed is called iNotify -- it instantly analyzes security camera video to identify weapons and real threats. "We can add this extra level of context to, in real time, recognize whether someone is wielding a weapon and posing a threat to people in the community," Nesarikar said. The successful test flight from Virgin Galactic's spaceship, the VSS Unity, could be the first step for tourists wanting to take a quick trip to space.