Prayagraj, India, Jan 22, 2025 (AFP) - India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering

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Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes. Organisers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and ritual bathing that began on January 13 and runs for six weeks. Deadly crowd crushes are a notorious feature of Indian religious......

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