How AI could help Hong Kong taxi drivers find customers on the streets

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Hong Kong taxi drivers will soon use an AI-driven big data prediction model to identify streets with high passenger demand. Developed by a startup and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the system claims up to 90% accuracy and aims for deployment by mid-2027.

Hong Kong taxi drivers will be able to identify streets with high rider demand using a big data prediction model powered by artificial intelligence (AI) as soon as mid-2027, according to a cab payment start-up and a university that developed the system. The StreetSights system is the result of a collaboration between Dash and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which said on Thursday that their interim research results were up to 90 per cent accurate in forecasting demand and...