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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Penlink Introduces New Media Intelligence Platform Powered by Generative AI
New platform redefines visual data analysis for public safety and security teams Washington, DC, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Penlink, the leading authority in AI-powered digital intelligence, proudly announces the launch of VIA, its next-generation Visual Intelligence Platform. This marks a major advancement in the company's suite of CoAnalyst GenAI solutions, designed to deliver intuitive access and powerful analysis of large-scale digital media datasets. VIA provides analysts and investigators with unprecedented access to media intelligence by transforming images and videos into actionable insights. The platform enables users to seamlessly search and analyze digital media such as open-source intelligence (OSINT), evidentiary, or forensic data. Investigators can now detect relevant images and frames through contextual and natural language queries, extract geospatial intelligence, identify objects and relationships, interpret scene context, verify media sources, and trace how visual content spreads across networks. 'VIA represents a major step forward in making unstructured visual data searchable, analyzable, and trustworthy,' said Shay Attias, Chief Technology Officer at Penlink. 'We've engineered it as a multimodal system, leveraging the latest generative AI models to extract and correlate insights across visual, textual, and spatial domains, unlocking layers of intelligence that were previously inaccessible.' Penlink has long focused on bridging the gap between overwhelming data and operational intelligence. With VIA, investigators no longer need to sift through irrelevant media - they can focus directly on the content that matters, gaining instant insights into time, place, and context. The platform extends Penlink's mission into the visual domain, offering accelerated workflows for investigations, threat detection, and uncovering new layers of intelligence. 'Penlink is committed to building solutions that empower our law enforcement, defense, intelligence, and enterprise partners,' said Peter Weber, CEO of Penlink. 'With VIA, we are unlocking the potential of visual data at scale - bringing clarity to complex investigations and accelerating the path from raw media to real understanding and better conclusions.' VIA is now available to selected partners and will be showcased during upcoming innovation briefings and public safety summits. For more information, visit About PenlinkPenlink is the leading provider of digital intelligence solutions, integrating open-source intelligence and digital evidence for law enforcement, national security, defense, and enterprise sectors. Leveraging advanced AI technologies, Penlink enables end-to-end digital investigations and threat monitoring. Its comprehensive data intelligence platform accelerates the identification of leads and critical connections in complex investigations. Headquartered in the U.S. with global operations, Penlink is proud to support organizations worldwide with solutions that enhance safety, security, and operational impact. CONTACT: A.J. Guenther Yes& aj@
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Automotive
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BMW Gets Munich Plant Ready for Neue Klasse EVs
BMW is preparing for the start of Neue Klasse production at its home Munich plant, with plans to begin assembly in 2026. The automaker's first two Neue Klasse EVs will be a 3-Series-sized sedan and X3-sized SUV, targeting the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y more or less directly. The automaker's Debrecen, Hungary, plant has already produced pre-series examples of the model that will replace the iX3, and will begin series production later this year. The original Neue Klasse introduced a new design language and lineup for BMW, rescuing the automaker from post-war doldrums while setting the template for the next several decades of design and engineering. The 21st century Neue Klasse program is expected to be just as revolutionary for the Munich-based automaker, set to usher in a new generation of battery-electric models with a fresh look, one that will draw its inspiration from the classic models of the 1960s. BMW is now getting ready to build the first models that will comprise the Neue Klasse at its main plant in Munich, with plans to kick off production at that particular site next summer. "For the production start of the Neue Klasse, we will have a state-of-the-art plant in Munich that is characterised by flexibility, innovation and, above all, efficiency," said Plant Director Peter Weber. But BMW's Debrecen plant in Hungary will start building Neue Klasse cars first, before the start of series production in Munich in 2026. The first pre-series vehicles in Munich, on the other hand, are slated to be completed by the end of this year, with help from BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ). When it comes to the Debrecen plant in Hungary, the first pre-series units of the 2026 BMW iX3 left the assembly line late last year, with the model patterned after the Neue Klasse X concept revealed in the spring of 2024. Yet another one of the first wave of Neue Klasse models will be a 3-Series-sized sedan, which was teased by the Vision Neue Klasse concept in 2023, and which features quite a few nods to the classic BMW 2002. The sedan is expected to be produced at the Debrecen plant, but it's possible that production in the US is in the cards as well, especially given the current tariff trends. These first two models should land in two traditionally high-demand segments for the automaker, while also allowing it to target the Tesla Model 3 and the Model Y more or less directly. But the Neue Klasse program is more than just about design. BMW has revealed in recent months that the debut models will see 30% quicker recharges thanks to 800-volt architectures, while also aiming to deliver 30% more range thanks to cylindrical lithium-ion cells. These metrics alone should give the Neue Klasse models a decisive advantage in range, just as the range wars rage on in the EV sphere. And getting the Munich and Debrecen plants ready for EV production is near the top of the agenda in 2025. In a few years, these two plants will exclusively produce electric models, with Munich switching to EV-only models in 2027. Three new production halls are currently being outfitted in Munich in preparation for the start of series production next year, just as existing models are being assembled. The switchover to EV-only production, which will involve only one type of drivetrain, is expected to achieve a higher level of efficiency in comparison to ICE powerplants. "With the Neue Klasse, we will significantly reduce manufacturing costs at the Munich Plant," Weber added. But the competition isn't sitting still. By the time the Neue Klasse models arrive in Europe, automakers from China could gain even more of a foothold on the continent, so Tesla won't be the only EV maker BMW will have to worry about. BMW's plans to reposition the Munich plant exclusively for EV production starting in 2027 also rely on a continuously growing rate of EV adoption in Europe—an assumption that may have seemed warranted five years ago, but one which is now beginning to show signs of doubt. Will the Neue Klasse models see greater success than BMW's current electric lineup, or will they reenergize the automaker's EV sales by a significant margin once they arrive? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
