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MTA Considers AI Cameras Amid Privacy Concerns

1/13/2026

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  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is evaluating proposals from technology companies to use artificial intelligence for monitoring transit vehicles.
  • The initiative would deploy more than 15,000 cameras across 472 subway stations to identify weapons and unattended items.
  • Critics, including civil rights groups, warn AI could cause wrongful arrests and privacy violations.
  • Wegman’s faced backlash for storing shoppers’ facial scans after a failed City Council bid to ban biometric data.