Uber Introduces AI to Ensure Drivers Wear Face Masks
Uber is making face masks mandatory for all its drivers and artificial intelligence will be ensuring drivers comply with this new requirement.
According to an Uber press release, before a driver or delivery person can go online, they will be asked to confirm, via a new Go Online Checklist, that they’ve taken certain safety measures and are wearing a mask or face cover. The new technology will verify if the driver is wearing a mask by asking them to take a selfie. After the AI verifies the driver is covering their face, the AI will let the rider know via an in-app message. (Unlike their Real-Time ID Check system, this technology detects the mask as an object in the photo, and does not process biometric information or compare mask selfies to driver photos in our database, notes Uber.)