Privacy and human rights organisations have filed legal complaints against controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI to data protection regulators in a coordinated action across five countries.\nThe complaints call for data protection regulators in the UK, France, Austria, Italy and Greece to ban the company’s activities in Europe, alleging that it is in breach of European data protection laws.\nClearview AI uses scraping technology to harvest photographs of people from social media and news sites without their consent, according to complaints filed with data protection regulators in the five countries.\nNo legal basis The complaints allege that Clearview has no legal basis for collecting and processing the data it collects under European data protection law.\nThe complaint urges the ICO to work with other data protection regulators to investigate the company’s compliance with data protection laws.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Kodiak targets driverless trucks in 2023, partners with SK for Asian market","slug":"kodiak-targets-driverless-trucks-in-2023-partners-with-sk-for-asian-market","publishDate":"2021-05-26 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:51.858206","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The startup, launched three years ago by Don Burnette, a former Waymo engineer who co-founded self-driving trucking company Otto, aims to remove drivers from trucks in 2023, he said.\nKodiak Robotics on Wednesday announced a partnership with SK Holdings (034730.KS) to bring the Kodiak Driver, the company's self-driving technology, to Asia-Pacific markets such as Korea and China.\n\"For companies like Kodak, you can't just decide to break into other markets, particularly the Asian markets without having the right partners in place,\" Burnette said.\nWhen asked about the possibility a joint venture, SK said that the company was in early stages of discussions about “partnerships.\"\nSK said it would have detailed talks after Kodiak commercializes its technology in the United States.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Shanghai Disneyland trial enhancement of facial recognition technology","slug":"shanghai-disneyland-trial-enhancement-of-facial-recognition-technology","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:50.813553","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Shanghai Disneyland is the latest Disney theme park to test facial recognition technology, after a similar trial at Magic Kingdom in Florida.\nStarting the trial operation yesterday (26th May), Shanghai Disneyland’s introduction of the technology comes after Walt Disney World tested facial recognition technology at Magic Kingdom’s park entrance from 23rd March and 23rd April.\nShanghai Disneyland updated its privacy policy on 26th May 26, with it now reading “we will utilize facial recognition technology to verify your identity by comparing such profile photo against your photo on your government ID.”The facial recognition trial is only available to Annual Pass holders, who can activate the service on Shanghai Disneyland’s official app.\nTo reassure guests, Disney advised “we will not store the photo of your government ID once your identity has been verified.”Similar to Walt Disney World in Florida, Shanghai Disneyland will use designated facial recognition technology test lanes.\nEarlier this year, Miral announced that Yas Island is on track to become a contactless destination through facial recognition technology called FacePass.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The Mayflower Autonomous Ship Transforms Ocean Science with the Help of Iridium®","slug":"the-mayflower-autonomous-ship-transforms-ocean-science-with-the-help-of-iridium-r","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:50.773431","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is an international effort led by marine research non-profit ProMare and IBM with support from partners around the world.\nThe cutting-edge autonomous ship will gather environmental data a number of ways, but most notably by using an \"electronic tongue.\"\n\"The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is ultimately a research platform, not just for the science projects onboard, but for long range autonomous vehicles as well.\n\"The Mayflower Autonomous Ship serves as a modern inspiration, showing how new technologies can make a long-term positive impact on both the global economy and our environment.\nMedia Contact: Investor Contact: Jordan Hassin Kenneth Levy Iridium Communications Inc. Iridium Communications Inc. [email protected] [email protected] +1 (703) 287-7421 +1 (703) 287-7570 Twitter: @IridiumcommSOURCE Iridium Communications Inc.Related Linkswww.iridium.com
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Plus Completes 4,000 Mile Journey on the Silk Road as Part of Validating PlusDrive System for Mass Production","slug":"plus-completes-4000-mile-journey-on-the-silk-road-as-part-of-validating-plusdrive-system-for-mass-production","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:50.757159","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Powered by Plus’s supervised autonomous driving system PlusDrive, the FAW J7 traveled autonomously on the Silk Road in a 4,000-mile round trip between Suzhou and Dunhuang.\nPlus (formerly Plus.ai), a global provider of self-driving truck technology, announced today the completion of a Silk Road expedition by an autonomous truck powered by the company’s supervised autonomous driving system, PlusDrive.\nDuring this trip, the supervised autonomous truck was hauling a fully-loaded trailer and traveled across 7 provinces and 38 cities in China.\nFor images from Plus’s Silk Road journey, click here.\nMass production and global deployment of its supervised autonomous driving system, which reduces fuel consumption by an estimated 10-20% compared to a traditional truck, is planned to start in 2021.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Study Shows Many Motorists Feel Less Safe With Autonomous Cars On The Roads","slug":"study-shows-many-motorists-feel-less-safe-with-autonomous-cars-on-the-roads","publishDate":"2021-05-26 15:05:29+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:48.877477","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A joint study from the American Automobile Association (AAA) and Harvard has revealed how uncomfortable many drivers are about sharing the roads with self-driving vehicles.\nIn fact, just 35 percent of those that responded to the survey knew that some states allowed self-driving test vehicles on public roads.\nMore than half also believe that the public needs to know the best way to behave around autonomous test vehicles.\nThe study also revealed that some of the anxieties of drivers could be overcome if autonomous test vehicles were easier to identify.\nMeanwhile, 60 percent said they want dedicated lanes for self-driving vehicles.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Metalenz Launches Orion(TM) Product Family of Dot Pattern Projectors Using Patented Metasurface Technology","slug":"metalenz-launches-orion-tm-product-family-of-dot-pattern-projectors-using-patented-metasurface-technology","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:48.491998","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Using Metalenz's patented metasurface technology, the Orion product family is a simplified and more efficient solution that is bound to displace refractive lensand diffractive element optical stacks with a single meta-optic.\nBoston, MA, May 27, 2021 --(PR.com)-- Metalenz’s simpler dot projectors enable 3D sensing to proliferate to all smartphones.\nMetalenz Inc., the pioneer in metasurface design and commercialization, today unveiled the Orion(TM) product family, the world’s simplest, high performance dot projectors.\nUsing its patented metasurface technology, the Orion product family is a simplified and more efficient solution that is bound to displace refractive lens and diffractive element optical stacks with a single meta-optic.\n“The size, complexity and cost has limited 3D sensing and face unlock to just the top tier cell phone companies.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Automotive Operating System (OS) Market Size in Europe 2020 Industry Analysis by Regional Outlook, Competitive Landscape Strategies and Forecast 2026","slug":"automotive-operating-system-os-market-size-in-europe-2020-industry-analysis-by-regional-outlook-competitive-landscape-strategies-and-forecast-2026","publishDate":"2021-05-26 22:48:04","createdLocal":"2021-05-27 14:30:48.296629","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The Europe automotive operating system (OS) market size is projected to exceed USD 3 billion by 2026.\nA compelling trend for smart vehicle infotainment systems and connected cars has stimulated the Europe automotive operating system market growth.\nEnterprises expect the technological advancements and integration in new generation vehicles to propel automotive OS systems.\nThe QNX OS systems are profoundly being adopted for the development and integration of advanced driver assistance systems.\nIt is pertinent to mention that these automotive OS systems are prevalently used to streamline infotainment systems, instrumental clusters, telematics and digital cockpits.
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