AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city’s ‘watch list’ of faces

Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" ...

AI-powered police body cameras training to detect over 7,000 people on ‘high risk’ watch list

Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith contends that the Edmonton pilot is not a product launch but “early-stage field research” ...
IEEE

Peduncle Detection of Ripe Strawberry to Localize Picking Point Using DF-Mask R-CNN and Monocular Depth

Abstract: Accurate localization of picking points and depth estimation is critical for implementing a robotic strawberry harvesting system. Due to the delicate nature of strawberries, harvesting must ...
eLife

Ubiquitous predictive processing in the spectral domain of sensory cortex

The authors analyzed spectral properties of neural activity recorded using laminar probes while mice engaged in a global/local visual oddball paradigm. They found solid evidence for an increase in ...
IEEE

Maskify: Precision Detection and Fit Assessment for Mask Compliance

Abstract: We introduce Maskify, an innovative tool designed to automatically detect and evaluate the use of face masks. Amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks has emerged as a ...
Futurism

Scientists Say Their AI System Can Scan Your Face to Detect Whether a Company Should Hire You

If you thought your credit score was invasive, just wait until companies are judging you based on your mug alone. It’s hard to imagine why anyone would ask such a question, but here we are anyway. The ...