Post by M. Hawbaker on Jan 21, 2023 23:35:45 GMT
The world's biggest pest-control group is planning to eliminate rats through the use of facial recognition, with trials now taking place in people's homes.
The software - which Rentokil began developing 18 months ago alongside Vodafone - tracks rodents' habits to help decide how to kill them.
Following laboratory trials, which helped the software learn about the creatures, it has now been used in real-life settings.
Andy Ransom, chief executive, told the Financial Times: "With facial recognition technology you can see that rat number one behaved differently from rat number three.
"And the technology will always identify which rat has come back, where are they feeding, where are they sleeping, who's causing the damage, which part of the building are they coming from, where are they getting into the building from, whether it's the same rodent that caused the problem last week."
news.sky.com/story/pest-controllers-using-facial-recognition-software-to-kill-rats-in-peoples-homes-12791683
The software - which Rentokil began developing 18 months ago alongside Vodafone - tracks rodents' habits to help decide how to kill them.
Following laboratory trials, which helped the software learn about the creatures, it has now been used in real-life settings.
Andy Ransom, chief executive, told the Financial Times: "With facial recognition technology you can see that rat number one behaved differently from rat number three.
"And the technology will always identify which rat has come back, where are they feeding, where are they sleeping, who's causing the damage, which part of the building are they coming from, where are they getting into the building from, whether it's the same rodent that caused the problem last week."
news.sky.com/story/pest-controllers-using-facial-recognition-software-to-kill-rats-in-peoples-homes-12791683
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Results could cause either reaction in a family and even in an entire community.