Huntsville considers adding AI cameras to garbage trucks, city council delays vote

Huntsville delays vote on installing cameras on garbage trucks

Huntsville city leaders are hitting a pause on a proposal to add high-tech cameras to garbage trucks for now.

Huntsville considers adding AI cameras to garbage trucks, city council delays vote

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Huntsville City Council was expected to vote on a proposal that would implement a video detection system Thursday night. Ten Huntsville residents spoke about the proposal during the public comment section of the meeting, with many raising concerns about surveillance, privacy and where the collected data would be stored. Council members decided to push the vote to a future meeting. Lack of air conditioning, tras…

Huntsville Council puts off voting on using cameras on garbage trucks to detect blight

The Huntsville City Council put off a vote on a contract Thursday with a company to mount AI-operated cameras on garbage trucks to search for blight within the city.

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Huntsville, Ala., Delays Vote on AI Cameras on Garbage Trucks

The City Council postponed to September a vote that would install cameras with artificial intelligence on garbage trucks, to search out blight. Areas of concern included cost amid budget tightening, and privacy.

City Council Delays Vote On AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks Amid Privacy Concerns - Huntsville Business Journal

With a resolution to attach Artificial Intelligence-powered software cameras to garbage trucks to monitor home and road conditions on the agenda, Thursday night’s regular meeting of the Huntsville City Council promised to be interesting. It was, and also very long, with nothing being settled over the AI project. It will be re-addressed at the Sept. 25 meeting. By the time the second roster of public comments began, the meeting had already lasted…