Japan firm develops AI system to catch shrine box donations thieves

A Japanese security firm has developed a system using artificial intelligence to detect thefts of cash contributions from shrines' offertory boxes and notify parishioners of incidents in real time.Nagoya-based Trinity Inc. hopes the new system to be launched this summer will lead to catching thieves red-handed at shrines, which are open 24 hours a day and often left unstaffed for long periods of time.Many visitors to Japan's shrines leave cash offerings inside offertory boxes typically installed in front of the shrine's main building.The system is able to detect suspicious behavior captured…READ FULL ARTICLE