Internal Emails Reveal How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC

The report describes NYC’s engagement with Evolv, an AI weapons detection vendor, including a 2022 outreach and a subsequent pilot in a city-run Bronx hospital that produced an 85% false-positive rate. Despite sales efforts comparing NYC security needs to Disney World, Evolv’s CEO later acknowledged in a March 2024 investor call that the technology is poorly suited for subway environments due to railway interference, casting doubt on its applicability for NYC transit security.