An apparatus of and a method for facilitating an artificial intelligence (AI) driven smart child safety system for motor vehicles provide active and constant monitoring for onboard child safety. The system includes various sensors and an AI controller that uses face recognition and seatbelt recognition technologies to monitor the presence of a child and/or adult through multiple cameras. Thus, the system can send out voice/text/video alarms whenever encountering an unsafe condition and/or emergency if a child is present in the vehicle without an adult, the child's seatbelt is not securely fastened, the vehicle cabin temperature is out of a safe range, the child's body temperature exceeds a predetermined maximum safe temperature, the vehicle is speeding, etc. The voice/text/video alarms are instantly played out via a speaker, a personal computing (PC) device, and/or sent to a local safety authority.