Topic: computer vision
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Spoor's Bird Monitoring AI Software Takes Flight
Spoor's AI-powered software uses cameras to detect and identify birds with 96% accuracy, helping industries like wind farms minimize avian collisions through operational adjustments. The technology addresses a regulatory gap by replacing outdated manual monitoring, and its applications are expand...
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Why Your Amazon Driver's Smart Glasses Are a Good Thing
Amazon's smart delivery glasses are designed specifically for delivery drivers, using AI and machine learning to enhance efficiency and safety during package deliveries. The glasses feature a heads-up display that provides navigation, package identification, and obstacle alerts, allowing drivers ...
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Amazon Drivers Are Getting Smart Glasses: Here's Why It's a Win
Amazon has introduced smart glasses for delivery drivers, utilizing AI and computer vision to enhance safety and efficiency by providing a hands-free tool tailored to its delivery network's needs. The glasses feature a heads-up display that shows delivery addresses, package counts, and walking di...
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Apple Nears Deal to Acquire AI Startup Prompt AI
Apple is finalizing its acquisition of Prompt AI, a computer vision startup, to integrate its team and technology into Apple's operations, particularly enhancing the HomeKit ecosystem. Prompt AI is discontinuing its Seemour app and deleting all user data due to an unsustainable business model, wi...
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Coco Robotics launches AI lab led by UCLA professor
Coco Robotics has launched a new AI research facility to utilize five years of data from its delivery robots, aiming to advance full autonomy and reduce costs. The lab is led by Professor Bolei Zhou, whose expertise in computer vision and robotics aligns with Coco's goals, and he is expected to a...
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Apple in Talks to Acquire Prompt AI
Apple is nearing an agreement to acquire the talent and technological assets of Prompt AI, a computer vision startup known for its Seemour security camera application. The Seemour app uses AI to identify people, pets, and objects, providing alerts and summaries of unusual activity, but it will be...
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A New Kind of Vision: How Fei-Fei Li Taught Machines to See
Discover how computer scientist Fei-Fei Li pioneered ImageNet, the dataset that revolutionized computer vision and deep learning, and why she continues to advocate for a human-centered approach to AI development.
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AI Model Intuitively Grasps How the Physical World Works
A new AI model called V-JEPA has developed an intuitive, predictive understanding of basic physics by learning from video alone, without pre-programmed rules, mirroring developmental milestones like object permanence in children. Unlike traditional computer vision models that focus on pixel-level...
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ROV for Coral Reefs Wins IEEE's Top Scholarship
Coral reefs are highly biodiverse ecosystems facing severe threats from climate change and human activity, with over 80% experiencing bleaching. Sydney West developed a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) named Cnidaria, which uses computer vision and sensors to aid coral reef research and monitoring...
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iFixit's App Now Has a Chatbot Repair Assistant
iFixit has updated its mobile app with a new AI assistant called FixBot, which uses conversational input and computer vision to help users diagnose and find repair guides for over 125,000 devices. FixBot connects users directly to iFixit's extensive repair database, providing step-by-step instruc...
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Avnet & AMD's 'AMD on Wheels' Roadshow Powers Australia's AI Future
Avnet and AMD have launched the "AMD on Wheels" roadshow across major Australian cities to provide hands-on access to high-performance AI solutions and sustainable technology, aiming to accelerate the country's adoption of intelligent systems. The initiative combines Avnet's product lifecycle exp...
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DHS Plans AI Surveillance Trucks for Homeland Security
The US Department of Homeland Security is deploying autonomous mobile surveillance trucks equipped with AI, cameras, and radar to enhance border monitoring in remote areas beyond fixed installations. These Modular Mobile Surveillance System (M2S2) vehicles use computer vision trained on millions ...
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Peloton's New AI Upgrade Transforms Your Workouts
Peloton IQ is a new AI-driven personal coaching feature that monitors user statistics and delivers customized feedback and exercise plans across various workout types. The system is accessible on all Peloton hardware, with newer models offering enhanced features like movement tracking cameras and...
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Amazon's AI Glasses for Delivery Drivers Now Available
Amazon has launched AI-powered smart glasses for delivery drivers to provide a hands-free experience, displaying critical information like navigation and package scanning directly in their field of view. The glasses automate tasks such as locating packages and guiding drivers to exact addresses, ...
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Global Autonomous Leader Places $1.8M Order for Guardian BdMS Expansion
A North American autonomous vehicle developer placed a $1.8 million order for Guardian Backup-driver Monitoring System units from Seeing Machines to support the expansion of its autonomous test fleet in the U.S. The Guardian BdMS ensures safety by monitoring the backup driver's alertness and read...
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Lenovo's Smart Glasses: Ultra-Light Design, But There's a Catch
Lenovo's V1 smart glasses prioritize a lightweight 38-gram design and micro LED display, deliberately omitting a camera to appeal to users focused on screen utility and comfort. The absence of a camera makes the V1 unsuitable for visual capture or AI features like real-time translation, but it in...
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iFLYTEK Expands AI Ecosystem in Middle East at GITEX 2025
iFLYTEK introduced advanced AI solutions at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai, focusing on digital transformation and human-centric applications in the Middle East. Key product launches included the AINOTE 2, the world's thinnest E-ink tablet, and AI Translation Earbuds for real-time multilingual commun...
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