UPSC plans AI-based surveillance to prevent cheating
- The UPSC plans to use facial recognition and artificial intelligence-based CCTV surveillance systems to prevent cheating and impersonation in its various tests.
- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), a constitutional body, recently floated a tender to invite bids from experienced public sector undertakings to devise two tech solutions — Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication (else digital fingerprint capturing) & facial recognition of candidates and QR code scanning of e-admit cards, and live AI-based CCTV surveillance service — to be used during the examination process.
- The UPSC conducts 14 major exams, including the prestigious civil services examination, besides a number of recruitment tests and interviews every year for induction to Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ posts of the central government.
- An estimated 26 lakh candidates are expected to appear for such recruitments, conducted at a maximum of 80 centres spread across the country.
