The players’ helmets are floating free in the image, a moment that lasted just a split-second but was captured forever by the Elon alumna and her camera.\nThe image – taken for USA Today Sports – is certain to leave viewers in awe.\nRapfogel called it a “huge honor” to be recognized alongside some of the best photographers in the world.\nWhile at Elon, Rapfogel was a communication design and strategic communications double major, with an emphasis in sports photography.\n“My camera has taken me to places beyond what I could have imagined,” Rapfogel said.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The cameras know who you are. Now they want to use AI to find your friends too","slug":"the-cameras-know-who-you-are-now-they-want-to-use-ai-to-find-your-friends-too","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:50.499025","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Although co-appearance technology is already used by authoritarian regimes such as China’s, Vintra seems to be the first company marketing it in the West, industry specialists say.\nNone of the entities that do business with Vintra that were contacted by The Times acknowledged using the co-appearance feature in Vintra’s software package.\nVintra’s technology could be used to create “a more basic version” of the Chinese government’s capabilities, he said.\nBut the cameras his department links into —including Ring cameras and those used by businesses — aren’t good enough to match faces, he said.\n“It requires precise inputs for good outputs.”Jarod Kasner, an assistant chief in Kent, Wash., said his department uses Vintra software.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service launched in Oxfordshire","slug":"uks-first-zero-emission-autonomous-bus-service-launched-in-oxfordshire","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:50.423584","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service launched in Oxfordshire0 SHARESPosted: 3 March 2023 | Intelligent Transport |Provided as part of the £4.3 million MultiCAV project, First Bus will operate the 15-seater fully electric bus around Milton Park, providing over 9,000 employees with sustainable transportation six days a week.\nCredit: First BusFirst Bus has announced that the UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service has started passenger service in Oxfordshire, as of 2 March 2023.\nA qualified safety driver is on-board the bus at all times in order to provide a personalised service and information to passengers.\nJohn Birtwistle, Project Lead at First Bus, said: “This service brings together technologies in zero-emission bus design, vehicle movement and travel planning to create a new experience.\nThe £4.3 million project has been funded by a £3 million grant from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) through Innovate UK.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"PimEyes’s Facial Recognition Site is Disturbingly Impressive","slug":"pimeyess-facial-recognition-site-is-disturbingly-impressive","publishDate":"2023-03-03 11:53:43+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:49.618978","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"PimEyes is a facial recognition site that makes it easy to find pictures of people online.\nWhilst facial recognition software is nothing new, PimEyes is astoundingly good at correctly identifying people.\nIt was created in 2017 and is now one of the most accurate facial recognition tools.\nCredit: PimEyesHow does facial recognition AI work?\nFacial recognition technology is fraught with ethical issues, especially regarding storing peoples’ biometric data.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The Move to Unsupervised Learning: Where We Are Today","slug":"the-move-to-unsupervised-learning-where-we-are-today","publishDate":"2023-03-03 18:00:14+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:48.817678","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Common Deep Learning ApplicationsThe biggest strength of deep learning lies in its ability to learn complex patterns from huge volumes of data.\nMultiple layers of processing elements, better ability to utilize large compute power and better training procedures are collectively empowering deep learning algorithms in this regard.\nCurrently, some of the most common applications for deep learning are in image and speech recognition.\nDeep learning offers immense possibilities to provide personalized experiences, understand demand and make both products and services stand out.\nDeep learning algorithms often offer higher operational accuracy due to the ability to create complex models, address high-dimension space and better capture feature interactions.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"After ChatGPT, Microsoft working on AI model that takes images as cues","slug":"after-chatgpt-microsoft-working-on-ai-model-that-takes-images-as-cues","publishDate":"2023-03-03 20:31:00+05:30","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:47.782772","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"As the war over (AI) chatbots heat up, has unveiled Kosmos-1, a new AI model that can also respond to visual cues or images, apart from text prompts or messages.\nThe multimodal large language model (MLLM) can help in an array of new tasks, including image captioning, visual question answering and more.\n\"A big convergence of language, multimodal perception, action, and world modeling is a key step toward artificial general intelligence.\nIn this work, we introduce Kosmos-1, a Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM) that can perceive general modalities, learn in context and follow instructions,\" said Microsoft's AI researchers in a paper.\n\"We also show that MLLMs can benefit from cross-modal transfer, i.e., transfer knowledge from language to multimodal, and from multimodal to language.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"TransJakarta to use facial recognition to prevent sexual harassment","slug":"transjakarta-to-use-facial-recognition-to-prevent-sexual-harassment","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:47.040863","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta-owned bus rapid transit service, TransJakarta, plans to use a facial recognition system to prevent sexual harassment in means of public transportation.If the perpetrator's face is detected on camera, then that person will be blocked from accessing the TransJakarta service, Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono explained here, Friday.Responding to questions on when this face recognition system will be implemented, Hartono said that he will immediately contact the related parties.\n\"After this, I will immediately contact TransJakarta and the Jakarta Transportation Office,\" he informed.Earlier, PT Transportasi Jakarta (TransJakarta) deployed uniformed security staff, who will patrol in all of the armada to anticipate and minimize instances of sexual harassment.Before this, security staff was stationed at bus stops to prevent criminal acts, Head of Company Secretary at TransJakarta Apriastini Bakti Bugiansri noted through a statement, Tuesday.However, to handle sexual predators, these security workers are assigned to monitor TransJakarta buses, he stated.These security staff are part of TransJakarta's efforts to reduce cases of sexual harassment and improve passengers' security and comfort.This is also undertaken to respond to the acting governor's recent request.TransJakarta's other effort involves expanding the operation of pink bus armada specifically for women.This is conducted to strengthen existing efforts, such as by providing a special space for women in every bus armada complemented with CCTV camera.Based on the video that has been circulating, Bugainsri drew attention to a case of alleged sexual harassment of a woman passenger.This incident occurred when the woman was riding a bus driving on the Harmoni-Pulogadung route (Corridor 2) on Monday at 7:45 p.m. local time.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"AI Website That Uses Facial Recognition To Find Every Image Of You On The Web Has People Creeped Out","slug":"ai-website-that-uses-facial-recognition-to-find-every-image-of-you-on-the-web-has-people-creeped-out","publishDate":"2023-03-03 23:52:50+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:44.980619","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Admittedly, AI content generation technology and face recognition technology are not new features in the year 2023.\nAnd face recognition technology has been used on mobile devices, especially iPhones, and by law enforcement for years.\nOne bit of technology currently receiving mixed reviews is PimEyes—an AI website that utilizes facial recognition technology to track every image of a person available on the worldwide web.\nWhen a person reverse-image searches a photo of a friend from high school using PimEyes, they theoretically would see all other photos available of that person online: past, present and possibly private.\nWhere someone's identity and privacy are involved, all concerns and questions about the new technology are valid.
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