Dallas garbage trucks use AI cameras to score homes and flag code violations

Dallas equipped garbage trucks with City Detect AI cameras that assign homes "dilapidation scores" and send warnings about high grass, dirty chimneys and trash. An NBC 5 investigation found violations at more than 21,000 properties, mostly in poor southern neighborhoods.

• AI cameras found possible violations at over 21,000 Dallas properties
• City Detect operates in at least three states besides Texas
• Most violations were found in poor southern neighborhoods
• Council member Chad West proposed defunding the cameras