What are Automated License Plate Readers and Why Is Everyone So Worried About Them?

Concerns over privacy and data sharing have led more and more cities to cancel previous deals with ALPR companies.

MN bill seeks to regulate automated license plate readers and data use

Rep. Brad Tabke announced legislation aimed at restricting how license plate data is collected, shared and accessed across ...
IEEE

A Comparative Study on Thai License Plate Recognition: Object Detection and Transformer Learning Approaches

Abstract: Car theft remains a significant issue in Thailand, necessitating advanced security solutions. This research investigates the application of license plate recognition (LPR) technology using ...
GitHub

Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use

Fara-7B is Microsoft's first agentic small language model (SLM) designed specifically for computer use. With only 7 billion parameters, Fara-7B is an ultra-compact Computer Use Agent (CUA) that ...
techxplore

AI energy use: New tools show which model consumes the most power, and why

AI users and developers can now measure the amount of electricity various AI models consume to complete tasks with an open-source software and online leaderboard developed at the University of ...
IEEE

Helmet and Number Plate Detection Using YOLOv8 Model

Abstract: Automated helmet and license plate detection play a crucial role in improving road safety and supporting the enforcement of traffic regulations. This paper introduces a solution that ...
Fast Company

Why using facial recognition on your phone could leave you vulnerable

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...