The announcement comes from Khusrowshahi himself throughout the firm’s earnings name final week. Earlier, the corporate shipped hundreds of thousands of face masks to driver-partners all world wide for security measures.
“We’re shipping millions of PPE and masks, cleaning supplies etc., to our drivers to make sure that first drive, and the second, and the continuing drives, that our riders are safe and they feel safe,”, stated Khusrowshahi.
Now, after shutting down for a quick interval as a result of world lockdowns in place, the ride-hailing firm is slowly coming again to enterprise in some international locations, together with the US.
So, the corporate is planning to make use of the already-existing Real-Time ID Check to confirm whether or not or not the drivers are sporting the face masks throughout their rides. This instrument was launched by the corporate’s Trust & Safety Program Team again in 2017 to confirm the id of the drivers to stop frauds and make sure the security of the riders.
This instrument makes use of Microsoft’s Face API to detect and recognise faces of the driver-partners through the use of the selfie digital camera of the gadget. Now, the corporate will use this “selfie tech” to confirm if the drivers (and the riders) are sporting mandatory protecting gears to stop the unfold of COV-19.
“We are taking a look at applied sciences similar to, for instance, our selfie expertise the place we ensure that the driving force who signed up is the precise driver who’s driving. We can use that expertise, for instance probably, to ensure that the driving force is sporting a masks the place applicable.”, acknowledged the CEO.
