Surveillance towers must have passed testing for autonomous capability
What the document says“None of the funds made available under subsection (a) may be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance towers along the southwest border and northern border that have not been tested and accepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deliver autonomous capabilities.”
The section bars the money from buying or deploying surveillance towers on the southwest or northern border that the agency has not tested and accepted as delivering autonomous capabilities. Autonomous means a system designed to use artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision or other algorithms to detect, identify, classify and track items of interest in real time and adjust its operation without active staff engagement or continuous human control.
What the document actually says“None of the funds made available under subsection (a) may be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance towers along the southwest border and northern border that have not been tested and accepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deliver autonomous capabilities.”
The money may not buy such towers. They must first be tested and accepted by the agency. They must deliver autonomous work.
Autonomous means the tower spots and tracks things itself. It adjusts without a person telling it. That meaning is set out in the section.
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