SDSU installed 1,300 AI cameras across campus including dorms without student notification

Summary

San Diego State University spent over $1.3 million installing more than 1,300 AI-enabled cameras across campus, including in residence halls, without informing students. The full scope of surveillance was uncovered by investigative journalism students at The Daily Aztec, the student newspaper, rather than disclosed by the administration. The cameras are spread through classroom buildings, bookstores, dining areas, parking structures, gyms, and dorms, making SDSU one of the most heavily surveilled campuses in the California State University system.