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The Seoul Facilities Corporation moved away from the existing response method after an accident to a proactive safety management system that detects signs of danger and blocks them preemptively.
Seoul Facilities Corporation is applying artificial intelligence (AI) technology to major disaster factors closely related to citizens' lives, such as fire, crowding, and road hazards.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 11th, the Corporation has moved away from the existing method of responding after an accident to a preventive safety management system that detects and preemptively blocks danger signs.
First, the corporation established an AI fire safety network that encompasses the city cemetery, underground shopping mall, and transfer parking lot.
In crowded stadiums, a crowd management system using AI is introduced to prevent safety accidents.
For potholes, vehicles equipped with an AI video detection system patrol the roads and detect potholes in real time.
AI is also used in the road safety field. When a pedestrian, kickboard, or two-wheeled vehicle enters an automobile-only road by mistake, the AI โโvideo detector, introduced for the first time in Korea, detects this in real time and has created a response system that takes action within 10 minutes.
Seoul Facilities Corporation Chairman Hankook Young said, "We will preemptively manage risk factors in citizens' daily lives, such as fire, crowds, and roads, with AI and actively connect with external expertise to create changes that citizens can feel."

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