Under the city’s new plan, the number of cameras will balloon to 60,000 by 2028, according to documents submitted to the legislature. And AI technology “will naturally be applied to people, such as tracking a criminal suspect,” Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang told lawmakers.
The exact timing of these upgrades is unclear, and Tang said that authorities are still considering issues such as which technology to use and how to allocate resources. The South China Morning Post reported in July that police could begin using real-time facial recognition as early as the end of this year.
