The number of fines for illegal parking, including on lawns, uncollected garbage and spontaneous dumps, trading in unauthorized places, as well as obstructing the work of public utilities may increase significantly. This was reported to Izvestia by participants in the intelligent video surveillance market. The reason is the increase in the number of cameras with artificial intelligence (AI) recording violations committed by citizens and public utilities, they warn.
Thus, according to bosnia and herzegovina whatsapp resource calculations by AI systems developer Softlogic, the number of contracts of state and municipal institutions for the supply of smart video surveillance systems in 2023 increased by 2.5 times compared to 2022. Then, 97 purchases of AI solutions were made in the Russian Federation, in 2023 - already 239, the company noted, citing Roseltorg data. They will be partially fulfilled in 2024.
The volume of contracts increased almost sixfold - from 256.1 million to 1.5 billion rubles, the company calculated.
The demand of regional authorities for smart video surveillance systems is indeed growing, confirms Alexander Kaloshin, Director of the Department for National Projects at Megafon.
— By the end of 2023, the volume of orders in this segment in monetary terms has more than doubled, and we expect further growth. This is due to the fact that video cameras using AI increase the speed of data processing, are convenient and easy to maintain, and also allow you to avoid the human factor in decision-making, — he explains.
By expanding their fleet of smart surveillance cameras, state and municipal organizations are guided by the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, given in 2023, Softlogic noted. It prescribes the establishment of "requirements to improve the efficiency of economic entities and the mandatory use of modern technologies, including artificial intelligence technologies, when providing such economic entities with subsidies from the federal budget."
In addition, city authorities have most likely realized that cameras recording various types of violations, not only by ordinary citizens but also by contractors in the housing and utilities sector, are an effective source of budget revenue, noted TelecomDaily CEO Denis Kuskov. But this is not the only issue - the quality of life and safety of the urban environment are also improving, the expert is sure.
— Completeness and accuracy of violation recording, coupled with geo-location and identification of specific violators, allows issuing orders and imposing fines automatically, bringing millions of rubles to local budgets, — added Denis Loginov, CEO, founder and co-owner of Softlogic. — In large cities, the complexes pay for themselves in literally a couple of weeks, in small ones — in a couple of months.
Some Russian regions have introduced the possibility of automatic recording of violations and automatic liability into local Codes of Administrative Offences for the first time, he said.