France’s security toolkit for Summer Olympics includes AI-powered cameras, but not facial recognition. The French government is seeking to ramp up France's arsenal of surveillance powers to ensure the safety of the millions of tourists expected for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. The plans include AI-powered cameras for the first time — but not facial recognition. The Senate's plenary session starts to vote today on the law introducing the new powers. Senators are divided between those who want to add privacy safeguards and those who want to push the surveillance and security arsenal further, mainly by introducing facial recognition. "The amendment [to include facial recognition] was rejected in the Senate's law committee, but it can come back [in the plenary session]," the CNIL's chief cautioned. https://www.politico.eu/article/french-privacy-chief-warns-against-using-facial-recognition-for-2024-olympics/