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Paris Olympics 2024 & Planned 15-Minute City - QR Codes, AI, & Drones:

The Paris 2024 Olympics and the Parisian 15-minute city plans both prioritize “sustainability” and involve similar stakeholders in their implementation.

Environmental Focus: Both emphasize sustainable transport, green spaces, and urban design to reduce carbon footprint and enhance livability.
Overlap in Planning: They share infrastructure development goals, including upgrading venues, transport networks, and public spaces.
Similar Players Involved: City authorities, environmental organizations, and business leaders contribute to both initiatives, ensuring alignment with sustainability and community engagement goals.

Let’s examine some headlines to understand “sustainable” better:

As the Olympics nears, Paris puts 75,000 troops on the streets (BBC)

Paris 2024 Olympics QR Code: how to apply and the zone system explained (Time Out)

Protecting Paris: Police snipers and AI cameras will watch over Olympic Games (USA Today)

Paris Olympics Will Be a Training Ground for AI-Powered Mass Surveillance (SCIAM)

Government and private companies will be using advanced AI tools and other surveillance tech to conduct pervasive and persistent surveillance before, during and after the Games.

OJ 2024: Do you need the required QR code to travel in certain areas of Paris? (Republique France)

A digital pass will be required to travel to certain areas of Paris, secured for the Olympic opening ceremony.

EN GUARD! Inside Paris’ ‘patchwork of steel’ Olympics security op with AI surveillance, 45,000 cops & drones amid ISIS threat (The Sun)

Paris 2024 is set to become the most guarded Games ever with over 60,000 cops and soldiers, drones, helicopters and a huge increase in AI surveillance all deployed after months of growing safety concerns.

[Analyst note: Remember, stripping your freedoms is often done under the guise of “safety and security.” Regarding the games, I can see two scenarios. A safe Olympics, with threats caught and published, to prove their security system works, and the threats are out there, or a successful attack, proving these measures are needed. Either way, expect certain measures to persist - passive/active AI being the most likely, others to follow later.]

Paris a 15-Minute City: