City of Lethbridge using AI to detect, reduce contamination rate in blue, green carts

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A new pilot program is helping to find, track and remove contaminated materials from Lethbridge's green and blue carts using artificial intelligence (AI).

A new pilot program is helping to find, track and remove contaminated materials from Lethbridge's green and blue carts using artificial intelligence .A new pilot program is helping to find, track and remove contaminated materials from Lethbridge's green and blue carts using artificial intelligence .

Nicholls says those employees are on a term and have been reassigned to other tasks, meaning no jobs have been lost. "So the basic process for that is it just takes large amounts of data and recognizes patterns. So the patterns of shapes and sizes of contamination are recognized and we kind of get flagged what we don't want in the software."

"The purpose of the postcard isn't to scold or shame anyone, it's to help increase knowledge and awareness of what things should and shouldn't go in carts," Nicholls said. The city says the software only identifies selected items that do not belong in the cart and automatically blurs out license plates, people and the surrounding area.Calgary to increase water pressure in feeder main, could ease water restrictions ThursdayWho is JD Vance? Things to know about Donald Trump's pick for vice-president

 

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