Uber has developed a technology for the remote recognition of drunken passengers

The new technology of the popular taxi service Uber will be able to remotely identify a drunken customer and warn the driver of this.

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Popular taxi application Uber applied for a patent to use artificial intelligence to determine how much a potential passenger could be drunk.

According to the company, made in the US patent office, the new technology will allow them to identify "uncharacteristic activity of users" using the application Uber. Indicators may include: walking speed, unusual spelling errors that occur when entering text into the application, the angle at which the potential passenger holds the phone.

Too drunk passengers will not be able to call a taxi in Ubernoted in the patent because it creates an increased danger to the driver.

Engineers did not have time to file a patent, as the critics had already discovered the innovations.

Many have suggested that the new system Uber may allow drivers to exploit drunken passengers.

CNN's recent investigation revealed that the 103 driver Uber have been accused of sexual assault or abuse in the United States over the past four years. Some of them expressed concern that a patent could make some passengers more vulnerable.

In response, the statement Uber noted: “We are always exploring the ways in which our technologies can help improve the experience of using Uber for passengers and drivers. We file patent applications for a large number of ideas, but not all of them are actually implemented. ”

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