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The AI police are here to bust you for bad escooter behavior Your escooter is tracking your ride Get free rides for sticking a helmet on your head Uber is not the first company to use AI to control user behavior. Chicago escooter company Veoridedebuted helmet detection tech in 2020. Riders upload a photo of themselves wearing a helmet to the VeoApp and receive a ride discount. Voi pilots computer vision for safer escooter rides In the UK, Voi is underway with trials of a world-first large-scale pilot of computer vision for shared escooters....
The AI police are here to bust you for bad escooter behavior Your escooter is tracking your ride Get free rides for sticking a helmet on your head Uber is not the first company to use AI to control user behavior. Chicago escooter company Veoridedebuted helmet detection tech in 2020. Riders upload a photo of themselves wearing a helmet to the VeoApp and receive a ride discount. Voi pilots computer vision for safer escooter rides In the UK, Voi is underway with trials of a world-first large-scale pilot of computer vision for shared escooters....
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The AI stories that made us smile in 2021 — and 5 that made us cry A love/hate affair with algorithms 10. Bad: Slaughterbots coming to your neighborhood It was another busy year for AI weaponry. After DARPA testedalgorithm-controlled jetsin dogfights and a robot dog brieflyjoined the French military, we received a warning: “slaughterbots” will soonbe on our streets— unless the UN bans them. 9. Good: Turning the tone-deaf into rap stars Computational creativity had a big 2021, offering a mix ofinspirationandindignationto human artists....
