Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) will introduce artificial intelligence-based verification systems during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal to prevent the inclusion of fake or deceased voters, a senior official said on Tuesday.

The AI system will analyse facial similarities across photographs in the voter database to identify individuals registered at multiple locations.

"We are taking the help of AI because of a rise in the number of complaints regarding the misuse of voters' photographs, especially those of migrant workers," the official told PTI. "AI-enabled facial matching technology will be used to detect instances where the same voter's photograph appears in multiple locations across the rolls."

The official emphasised that booth-l

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