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> Google's system requires the deployment of an intricate, city wide network of smart traffic lights, driven by AI.

Did you just make this up? From the article: "company says that rolling the changes out can be a five-minute job that uses the city's existing management systems".

Google's system isn't about some smart AI driven lights. It's basically just AI developed light schedules for dumb lights. It doesn't require any deployment.

> Cities would likely have to pay Google to keep the network working.

Oh, you really did just completely imagine some system of your own.

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> Oh, you really did just completely imagine some system of your own.

Turns out, data acquisition and processing does cost money.