Saudi Arabia to deploy AI security screening system at airports

Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced that it is set to deploy the Artificial Intelligence security screening technology (ICMOR) for operational use in airports across the kingdom. This comes following a partnership contract with Smith Detection Group, a global leader in the application, management and manufacture of world-class security equipment technologies for aviation, ports, borders, security and the military field. As per the deal, Smith Detection Group will deploy AI solutions in X-ray baggage screening devices. The technology automates the detection of prohibited items and keeps huge data feeds through machine learning, increasing the capacity and efficiency of inspecting larger amounts of baggage. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the opening session of the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit in its second edition under the title "Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Humanity" - organized by the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) and held at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh. GACA granted Smith Detection a technical certificate (ICMOR) for operational use in Saudi airports as a result of a successful testing process which recorded a high percentage of detection that passed the approved technical standards, stemming from the joint work and efforts to develop and test the technology, said a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority.<br/>