This AI system will completely change your experience at sporting events

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Have you ever gone to a sporting event and spent what seems like an eternity just trying to get in? Security technologies can slow lines down to a grinding halt, and they're not always effective – your necklace, keys, and belt may set the metal detector off, while weapons can still get through. At the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, it turns out a lot of football fans wear steel-toed boots. 

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"Everyone who wore these boots were setting off when they were coming in," says Brandon Covert, vice president of information technology for the Cleveland Browns. 

The team has managed to overcome this problem with artificial intelligence, after adopting security screening technology from the company Evolv.

"I would say that through machine learning, at this point, I don't think that's been an issue this season," Covert says. 

You may not have heard of Evolv, but its technology is being implemented in stadiums across the country. In fact, the company has screened more than 350 million people since its launch in 2013, second only to the US Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration. Evolv screens nearly 750,000 every day and as many as 1.25 million on weekends.

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