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Paris Tests Face-Mask Recognition Software on Metro Riders

  • French firm Datakalab makes software to analyze riders’ faces
  • Authority started a three-month test at Chatelet-Les-Halles
The Paris metro authority began a three-month test of its software this week at the Chatelet-Les-Halles station in Paris.

The Paris metro authority began a three-month test of its software this week at the Chatelet-Les-Halles station in Paris.

Photographer: Stephane Cardinale /Corbis/Getty Images

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The Paris metro authority is testing CCTV software to detect whether travelers are wearing face masks.