AI Spots Distracted Politicians in Belgian Government Livestreams

An AI system is monitoring livestreams of Flemish government meetings in Belgium to detect politicians using their phones. The system, written in Python and using machine learning and facial recognition, automatically captures images of distracted politicians and posts them to Twitter and Instagram, tagging the individual. Launched July 5th, 2021, the software not only analyzes live streams but also reviews past recordings on the government's YouTube channel.