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Zawya
6 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Milestone's video technology powers next-gen AI for smart cities
Dubai, UAE: Dubai is expanding its innovative work in developing artificial intelligence-powered traffic technology through its AI Strategy 2030, looking to transform urban mobility through advanced AI traffic control systems, directed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). A new opportunity is now emerging for smart cities like Dubai. Milestone Systems has launched Project Hafnia - a collaborative project aimed at building a compliant data library and creating high-performing AI models, so-called visual language models. The future of smart city technology and transformation of urban mobility and safety isn't being shaped in Silicon Valley — it's taking root in the small US city of Dubuque, Iowa. The city has become a live testbed for AI-driven traffic management thanks to the unique public-private collaboration led by Milestone Systems under Project Hafnia. Challenge: High-Potential AI, Low-Quality Data Despite extensive camera deployments, cities often struggle to derive real-time intelligence from video. AI models trained on synthetic or generic datasets frequently underperform in complex, real-world environments. High false-positive rates make them impractical for daily operations, especially in time-critical applications like traffic management, preventing municipalities from gaining the real-time insights needed to improve mobility, safety, and emergency response. Solution: Public-Private Innovation in Action Project Hafnia, led by Milestone Systems, develops a high-performance, real-world AI model. Milestone led the 12-month project from initial concept to full-scale deployment, investing in cloud-based AI training and professional video annotation. Unlike conventional vendor-customer setups, this collaboration was structured with shared value in mind: each party contributed expertise, resources, and infrastructure, aligning toward a common goal. At the heart of this success story is Milestone's investment in creating a secure, high-quality, and legally compliant data library that supports transparency and data traceability requirements in evolving AI regulations. Milestone transformed the city's raw traffic footage into valuable AI training material. This investment paid off dramatically, with model accuracy jumping from 80% to over 95%. Below that threshold, false positives are too frequent, undermining usability. Above it, cities unlock new levels of accuracy and insight. Results: Scalable, Transferable, Trusted With more than 100 traffic cameras participating in the trial, Project Hafnia validated AI performance in the field across a range of changing light, weather, and traffic patterns. The resulting platform is scalable and transferable, giving other cities a tested blueprint for AI-enhanced urban operations. AI models originally developed for traffic monitoring (vehicle classification, pedestrian tracking, anomaly detection) can now be repurposed to support public safety, emergency response, and infrastructure planning across departments. Louise Bou Rached, Director – Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Milestone Systems, expressed,"Project Hafnia shows how a collaborative strategy and a shared dedication to data integrity can contribute to transforming urban solutions. Milestone Systems and its partners have attained unmatched model accuracy of over 95% by using real-world traffic footage and careful data annotation, thus facilitating cities like Dubuque and Dubai to deploy artificial intelligence with confidence. This project not only shows scalable and transferable technology but also opens the door for more sustainable, safer, and smarter urban mobility worldwide." A New Framework for Public-Private Innovation Beyond the technical achievements, the project established a new template for collaboration between cities, technology vendors, and platform providers. Rather than a traditional vendor-customer relationship, the collaboration operated on balanced value exchange principles. The collaboration brought together diverse perspectives and created a forward-looking solution that evolved organically. From concept to working prototype to full-scale deployment, every participant helped shape the outcome. Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone Systems, emphasized the broader vision: 'At Milestone, we believe that AI innovation starts with trusted data and open collaboration. Project Hafnia proves that with the right platform, even mid-sized cities like Dubuque can lead the way in responsible, data-driven transformation. This is a blueprint for how cities everywhere can harness AI to improve safety, mobility, and quality of life — all while staying in control of their data.' Project Hafnia not only demonstrated that real-world AI can work, it showed that it can scale, ethically and collaboratively. Project Hafnia is more than a traffic management success story. It's a living prototype of how cities — big or small — can unlock the full potential of AI by investing in data, partnerships, and transparency. *Source: AETOSWire Contacts Namita Thakkar - namita@
Mid East Info
21-05-2025
- Business
- Mid East Info
Milestone's Video Technology Powers Next-Gen AI for Smart Cities - Middle East Business News and Information
Open platform unlocks trusted video data and best-in-class video analytics for smarter, safer cities Dubai, UAE, 21st May 2025: Dubai is expanding its innovative work in developing artificial intelligence-powered traffic technology through its AI Strategy 2030, looking to transform urban mobility through advanced AI traffic control systems, directed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). A new opportunity is now emerging for smart cities like Dubai. Milestone Systems has launched Project Hafnia – a collaborative project aimed at building a compliant data library and creating high-performing AI models, so-called visual language models. The future of smart city technology and transformation of urban mobility and safety isn't being shaped in Silicon Valley — it's taking root in the small US city of Dubuque, Iowa. The city has become a live testbed for AI-driven traffic management thanks to the unique public-private collaboration led by Milestone Systems under Project Hafnia. Challenge: High-Potential AI, Low-Quality Data Despite extensive camera deployments, cities often struggle to derive real-time intelligence from video. AI models trained on synthetic or generic datasets frequently underperform in complex, real-world environments. High false-positive rates make them impractical for daily operations, especially in time-critical applications like traffic management, preventing municipalities from gaining the real-time insights needed to improve mobility, safety, and emergency response. Solution: Public-Private Innovation in Action Project Hafnia, led by Milestone Systems, develops a high-performance, real-world AI model. Milestone led the 12-month project from initial concept to full-scale deployment, investing in cloud-based AI training and professional video annotation. Unlike conventional vendor-customer setups, this collaboration was structured with shared value in mind: each party contributed expertise, resources, and infrastructure, aligning toward a common goal. At the heart of this success story is Milestone's investment in creating a secure, high-quality, and legally compliant data library that supports transparency and data traceability requirements in evolving AI regulations. Milestone transformed the city's raw traffic footage into valuable AI training material. This investment paid off dramatically, with model accuracy jumping from 80% to over 95%. Below that threshold, false positives are too frequent, undermining usability. Above it, cities unlock new levels of accuracy and insight. Results: Scalable, Transferable, Trusted With more than 100 traffic cameras participating in the trial, Project Hafnia validated AI performance in the field across a range of changing light, weather, and traffic patterns. The resulting platform is scalable and transferable, giving other cities a tested blueprint for AI-enhanced urban operations. AI models originally developed for traffic monitoring (vehicle classification, pedestrian tracking, anomaly detection) can now be repurposed to support public safety, emergency response, and infrastructure planning across departments. Louise Bou Rached, Director – Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Milestone Systems, expressed, 'Project Hafnia shows how a collaborative strategy and a shared dedication to data integrity can contribute to transforming urban solutions. Milestone Systems and its partners have attained unmatched model accuracy of over 95% by using real-world traffic footage and careful data annotation, thus facilitating cities like Dubuque and Dubai to deploy artificial intelligence with confidence. This project not only shows scalable and transferable technology but also opens the door for more sustainable, safer, and smarter urban mobility worldwide.' A New Framework for Public-Private Innovation Beyond the technical achievements, the project established a new template for collaboration between cities, technology vendors, and platform providers. Rather than a traditional vendor-customer relationship, the collaboration operated on balanced value exchange principles. The collaboration brought together diverse perspectives and created a forward-looking solution that evolved organically. From concept to working prototype to full-scale deployment, every participant helped shape the outcome. Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone Systems, emphasized the broader vision: 'At Milestone, we believe that AI innovation starts with trusted data and open collaboration. Project Hafnia proves that with the right platform, even mid-sized cities like Dubuque can lead the way in responsible, data-driven transformation. This is a blueprint for how cities everywhere can harness AI to improve safety, mobility, and quality of life — all while staying in control of their data.' Project Hafnia not only demonstrated that real-world AI can work, it showed that it can scale, ethically and collaboratively. Project Hafnia is more than a traffic management success story. It's a living prototype of how cities — big or small — can unlock the full potential of AI by investing in data, partnerships, and transparency.
Channel Post MEA
17-04-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Milestone Systems Acquires Brighter AI
Milestone Systems recently acquired state-of-the-art anonymization technology brighter AI, opening up a range of new opportunities for video technology with anonymization capabilities and privacy enhancement, which protects data and enables full data privacy. The addition of brighter AI significantly strengthens Milestone's offerings for video management software, video surveillance as a service and video analytics and fuels the company's ongoing growth journey in and beyond security. Additionally, brighter AI's anonymization technology serves as a cornerstone of the recently announced data library and AI model training tool Project Hafnia. The advances of artificial intelligence raise concerns around data privacy across the world. One of the biggest challenges in developing AI solutions is finding and accessing sufficient data that can be used. Without data, there are no AI models to train, which are essential for existing AI technologies such as ChatGPT and Copilot. This challenge is particularly significant in video data, where it is even more difficult to find data that does not contain sensitive personal information. The solution lies within regulatory-compliant data and this is exactly what brighter AI's anonymization technology privacy-by-design tool developed by brighter AI further solidifies Milestone's position as a leading Responsible Technology company. Combining two European tech leaders with a focus on taking a responsible approach to AI development will be a significant contribution to global AI and tech landscape. 'brighter AI is a perfect match for Milestone. Their proven technology is top-notch and will give us a wider offering to existing and future technology partners and customers. The anonymization tool for video technology will also enhance our focus on responsible technology. Even more important, our two company cultures are highly compatible. Having known brighter AI for a while, as we have an established collaboration on Project Hafnia, I have complete faith that this will be a great benefit for all. I am indeed very pleased to welcome our new colleagues to Milestone,' says Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone. 'The acquisition of brighter AI sheds light on Milestone's vision of being a responsible video technology company, we understand how important privacy of data becomes when it comes to AI. Anonymization solutions will become a core pillar of our Project Hafnia platform that is set to redefine how compliant, high-quality video data is used to train AI. Secure, ethical, and transformative visual AI is Milestone's commitment to upholding the highest standards of privacy with video technology' says Louise Bou Rached, Director – Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Milestone Systems Founded in 2017 by Marian and Patrick Kern, brighter AI serves companies across various sectors and is the leading anonymization solution for video data based on artificial intelligence. For the solution Deep Natural Anonymization, which automatically detects a personal identifier such as a face and generates a synthetic replacement, brighter AI was named 'Europe's Hottest AI Startup' by Nvidia. 0 0
Mid East Info
17-04-2025
- Business
- Mid East Info
Milestone Systems acquires brighter AI adding state-of-the-art anonymization technology - Middle East Business News and Information
Milestone Systems recently acquired state-of-the-art anonymization technology brighter AI, opening up a range of new opportunities for video technology with anonymization capabilities and privacy enhancement, which protects data and enables full data privacy. The addition of brighter AI significantly strengthens Milestone's offerings for video management software, video surveillance as a service and video analytics and fuels the company's ongoing growth journey in and beyond security. Additionally, brighter AI's anonymization technology serves as a cornerstone of the recently announced data library and AI model training tool Project Hafnia. The advances of artificial intelligence raise concerns around data privacy across the world. One of the biggest challenges in developing AI solutions is finding and accessing sufficient data that can be used. Without data, there are no AI models to train, which are essential for existing AI technologies such as ChatGPT and Copilot. This challenge is particularly significant in video data, where it is even more difficult to find data that does not contain sensitive personal information. The solution lies within regulatory-compliant data and this is exactly what brighter AI's anonymization technology privacy-by-design tool developed by brighter AI further solidifies Milestone's position as a leading Responsible Technology company. Combining two European tech leaders with a focus on taking a responsible approach to AI development will be a significant contribution to global AI and tech landscape. 'brighter AI is a perfect match for Milestone. Their proven technology is top-notch and will give us a wider offering to existing and future technology partners and customers. The anonymization tool for video technology will also enhance our focus on responsible technology. Even more important, our two company cultures are highly compatible. Having known brighter AI for a while, as we have an established collaboration on Project Hafnia, I have complete faith that this will be a great benefit for all. I am indeed very pleased to welcome our new colleagues to Milestone,' says Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone. 'The acquisition of brighter AI sheds light on Milestone's vision of being a responsible video technology company, we understand how important privacy of data becomes when it comes to AI. Anonymization solutions will become a core pillar of our Project Hafnia platform that is set to redefine how compliant, high-quality video data is used to train AI. Secure, ethical, and transformative visual AI is Milestone's commitment to upholding the highest standards of privacy with video technology' says Louise Bou Rached, Director – Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Milestone Systems Founded in 2017 by Marian and Patrick Kern, brighter AI serves companies across various sectors and is the leading anonymization solution for video data based on artificial intelligence. For the solution Deep Natural Anonymization, which automatically detects a personal identifier such as a face and generates a synthetic replacement, brighter AI was named 'Europe's Hottest AI Startup' by Nvidia.
TECHx
08-04-2025
- Business
- TECHx
Milestone Systems Acquires Brighter AI to Enhance Video Privacy
Milestone Systems Acquires Brighter AI to Enhance Video Privacy News Desk - Share Milestone Systems has acquired Brighter AI, an anonymization technology company, opening new opportunities for video technology with enhanced privacy features. This acquisition strengthens Milestone's offerings in video management software, video surveillance as a service, and video analytics. It also supports the company's growth in security and beyond. Brighter AI's technology plays a key role in Milestone's Project Hafnia, a new data library and AI model training tool. As AI developments raise concerns over data privacy, particularly with video data, Brighter AI's solution offers a regulatory-compliant way to anonymize sensitive information. This ensures full data privacy, addressing a key challenge in AI model development—finding non-sensitive data for training. Data privacy is a major challenge in AI, especially with video content that often includes personal identifiers. Brighter AI's anonymization tool automatically detects and replaces these identifiers, making video data safe and compliant for AI use. This approach is essential for developing technologies like ChatGPT and Copilot. Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone Systems, said, 'Brighter AI's proven technology will expand our offerings and enhance our commitment to responsible technology. We've collaborated on Project Hafnia, and I'm confident this acquisition will bring great benefits to both teams.' Louise Bou Rached, Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at Milestone, added, 'Brighter AI's anonymization solutions will be a core part of Project Hafnia. This aligns with our goal to provide secure, ethical, and transformative visual AI, upholding the highest privacy standards.' Founded in 2017 by Marian and Patrick Kern, Brighter AI is a provider of anonymization solutions for video data. Its Deep Natural Anonymization technology, which automatically replaces personal identifiers like faces, earned it the title 'Europe's Hottest AI Startup' by Nvidia. This acquisition highlights Milestone's commitment to responsible AI development and privacy-first video technology.
