A federally-funded CCTV trial in residential aged care homes alerted staff to so many incidents it became "a case of the boy who cried wolf", South Australia's Health Minister says.

The 12-month trial was looking into the potential of CCTV …

A 12-month pilot of AI-based surveillance technology designed to detect falls and abuse in two South Australian aged care homes generated more than 12,000 false alerts, a review has found.

The sheer number of alerts created alert fatigue th…

The Australian-first project was intended to pilot the use of cameras and AI to aid monitoring of residents under care, with a view to making the lives of staff easier.

However, a review of the pilot by PwC [pdf] showed the technology produ…

A federally funded CCTV trial in two South Australian care homes -- where artificial intelligence was used to detect falls and screams -- produced more than 12,000 false incidents over a 12-month period, as Ron Alalouff reports.

An audit of…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people -- including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools promise to detect danger in real time an…