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Techday NZ
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Techday NZ
Milestone launches Project Hafnia for AI-driven city management
Milestone has commenced its Project Hafnia to develop AI-driven solutions for urban infrastructure and traffic management, with the first city being Genoa in Italy. The initiative is aimed at improving city operations by harnessing computer vision technologies, using high-quality video data that adheres to European regulatory frameworks, including GDPR and the AI Act. Video data used for the project is trained with NVIDIA's NeMo Curator on NVIDIA DGX Cloud. Collaboration and compliance Milestone is among the first companies to utilise the new NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI—a framework designed for optimising city operations through digital twins and AI agents. The company is also enhancing its data platform by generating synthetic video data via NVIDIA Cosmos, which processes real-world inputs. This combination of real and synthetic video data is used to build and train Vision Language Models (VLMs) in a manner that the company states is responsible and regulation-compliant. European cloud provider Nebius will supply the GPU compute for training these models, which is an element in keeping data processing anchored within European borders and compliant with regional data protection regulations. The application of AI within Project Hafnia spans smart traffic and transportation management, as well as improvements in safety and security for cities. VLMs establish connections between textual data and visual information from images or videos, enabling AI models to generate insights and summaries from visual sources. These efforts, the company asserts, are based upon regulatory integrity, data diversity, and relevance to European legal frameworks. "I'm proud that with Project Hafnia we are introducing the world's first platform to meet the EU's regulatory standards, powered by NVIDIA technology. With Nebius as our European cloud provider, we can now enable compliant, high-quality video data for training vision AI models — fully anchored in Europe. This marks an important step forward in supporting the EU's commitment to transparency, fairness, and regulatory oversight in AI and technology — the foundation for responsible AI innovation," says Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone. Genoa as a first Project Hafnia's first European service offering consists of a Visual Language Model specifically for transportation management, drawing on transportation data sourced from Genoa. The model is powered by NVIDIA technology and has been trained on data that is both responsibly sourced and compliant with applicable regulations. "AI is achieving extraordinary results, unthinkable until recently, and the research in the area is in constant development. We enthusiastically joined forces with Project Hafnia to allow developers to access fundamental video data for training new Vision AI models. This data-driven approach is a key principle in the Three-Year Plan for Information Technology, aiming to promote digital transformation in Italy and particularly within the Italian Public Administration," says Andrea Sinisi, Information Systems Officer, City of Genoa. The structure of Project Hafnia's collaborations allows for scalability, as the framework is designed to operate across multiple domains and data types. The compliant datasets and the fine-tuned VLMs will be supplied to participating cities via a controlled access licence model, supporting the region's AI ambitions within ethical standards. Role of Nebius Nebius has been selected as Project Hafnia's European cloud provider. The company operates EU-based data centres, facilitating digital sovereignty objectives and ensuring that sensitive public sector data remains within the jurisdiction of European data protection laws. "Project Hafnia is exactly the kind of real-world, AI-at-scale challenge Nebius was built for," says Roman Chernin, Chief Business Officer of Nebius."Supporting AI development today requires infrastructure engineered for high-throughput, high-resilience workloads, with precise control over where data lives and how it's handled. From our EU-based data centers to our deep integration with NVIDIA's AI stack, we've built a platform that meets the highest standards for performance, privacy and transparency." Project Hafnia data platform Project Hafnia acts as what Milestone refers to as a 'trusted librarian' of AI-ready video data, with the platform curating, tagging, and delivering video data that is described as ethically sourced and regulation-ready for AI model training. The emphasis is placed on maintaining precision, compliance, and citizen privacy throughout the process. According to Milestone, its network of customers, distributors, and technology partners enables the company to organise a comprehensive video data ecosystem that advances the development of AI in video analytics. Project Hafnia is positioned as a resource that companies can use to build AI models while meeting compliance and quality standards. The project will make both the compliant dataset and the fine-tuned Visual Language Model available to participating cities on a controlled basis as part of its effort to support AI development across Europe.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Grays Peak and Valore Ventures' Acquires SencorpWhite, Expanding its Position as a Global Leader in Automation and Material Handling Industry
Grays Peak and Valore Ventures' ability to deliver end-to-end automation and storage solutions, addressing complex fulfillment and logistics challenges... NEW YORK, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The SencorpWhite portfolio adds a powerful group of renowned brands to a growing platform: White Systems – A market leader in vertical and horizontal carousels and Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs) Ascent Warehouse Logistics – Provider of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) Accu-Seal and CeraTek – Industry-trusted names in medical, laboratory, and industrial heat sealing technologies Together, these offerings reinforce Grays Peak and Valore Ventures' ability to deliver end-to-end automation and storage solutions, addressing complex fulfillment and logistics challenges in retail, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and industrial sectors. For decades, SencorpWhite's solutions have been deployed across thousands of global installations, supported by comprehensive customer services, including technical support, field service, and spare parts. The company's legacy of engineering excellence, precision manufacturing, and customer-centric design now forms a cornerstone of the portfolios enhanced capabilities. "The acquisition of SencorpWhite meaningfully enhances our position as a category-defining leader in the automation and material handling industry," said Scott Stevens, CEO of Grays Peak Capital. "This acquisition complements our existing portfolio—including McMurray Stern, Spacesaver Interiors and Tompkins Solutions—and significantly strengthens our vertical integration strategy, allowing us to serve the full spectrum of customer needs, from secure modular lockers to fully automated fulfillment ecosystems." SencorpWhite will continue operating under its trusted brand names, with a renewed focus on scaling innovation and operational excellence. Its heat-sealing technologies under CeraTek and Accu-Seal will remain critical to high-compliance industries such as medical devices, biotech, food, and aerospace packaging, where precision, sterility, and reliability are paramount. "Partnering with Grays Peak and Valore Ventures opens a new chapter for our company," said Corey Calla, President and CEO of SencorpWhite. "Their strategic insight, resources, and commitment to innovation will empower us to accelerate product development, deepen customer relationships, and expand our market presence. We are excited to build the future of automation together." This acquisition aligns with the long-term vision of Grays Peak Capital and Valore Ventures, to build a world-class platform that unites top-tier integrators, manufacturers, and software innovators into a fully integrated, automation-first enterprise. With an unmatched suite of engineering and implementation capabilities, the portfolio is uniquely positioned to drive the evolution of global supply chains and warehouse ecosystems. About Valore Ventures Valore Ventures invests in operating companies and commercial real estate with a focus on long-term value creation. The firm partners closely with management teams to unlock growth and optimize performance, while also redeveloping strategic real estate assets across the United States. Visit for more information. Media Contact Bridget BurkhardtVice Presidentbburkhardt-8013@ 822-0143 About Grays Peak Capital Grays Peak Capital ( Grays Peak is a global alternative investments firm currently managing assets for a diverse investor base of high-net worth individuals, family offices and institutions. Our portfolio includes multinational brands that have created value by disrupting mature industries and embracing technological innovation. Using a tiered investment process, we are able invest across the capital structure. We express these investments through our funds focusing on Venture Capital, Private Equity and Hedge Fund. Our goal is to identify and invest in disruptive industry trends focusing on Consumer and Technology. We target industries and sectors that are undergoing disruptive change typically catalyzed by technology. We invest in seed to late-stage and public companies, focusing on consumer and technology, media and telecom companies. Contact: Scott Stevens -CEO212-506-7050info@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Grays Peak Capital Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
AIM Intelligence's ELITE Collaborative Paper Accepted by the ICML
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - May 15, 2025) - The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) has officially accepted "ELITE: Enhanced Language-Image Toxicity Evaluation for Safety", a collaborative paper from AIM Intelligence, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, KIST, Kyung Hee University, and Sookmyung Women's University. AIM Intelligence CI The paper proposes ELITE, a high-quality benchmark designed to evaluate the safety of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) with greater precision. At its core is the ELITE evaluator, a rubric-based method that incorporates a toxicity score to measure harmfulness in multimodal contexts-especially where VLMs produce specific, convincing responses that may appear harmless but convey dangerous intent. "We're incredibly proud that ELITE is being recognized at ICML," said Sangyoon Yu, co-author and CEO of AIM Intelligence. "This framework is designed not just for research, but to meet the demands of real-world deployment." ELITE Main Figure Going Beyond Refusal Checks Most safety benchmarks rely on simple refusal detection-whether a model rejects an unsafe prompt. ELITE takes it further by introducing a rubric-based evaluator that assigns a 0-25 score for every response. It assesses four dimensions: Refusal Specificity Convincingness Toxicity (0-5 scale) This scoring system builds on the StrongREJECT framework (NeurIPS 2024) but adds a toxicity axis to better catch implicit harm, especially in safe-safe pairs-cases where both image and prompt appear safe, but the model response is not. Designed for Real-World Attacks To test models more thoroughly, the ELITE benchmark includes: 4,587 image-text pairs across 11 safety domains (e.g. hate, defamation, privacy, sexual content) 1,054 adversarial examples, created using four techniques: Blueprints Flowcharts Fake News Role Play These examples reflect the kinds of prompts that can cause real-world damage-even when they don't look harmful on the surface. Performance That Exposes the Gaps ELITE was tested against 18 leading models, including GPT-4o, Gemini-2.0, and Pixtral-12B. The results speak for themselves: Metric ELITE Benchmark Prior Benchmarks Attack Success Rate (E-ASR) 2-3x more effective in detecting failures Often underreported AUROC vs. Human Judgment 0.77 (ELITE) vs. 0.46 (StrongREJECT) Weaker evaluator alignment Pixtral-12B Failure Rate >79% Highest across all models GPT-4o Failure Rate 15.67% Still vulnerable Even the best models showed significant blind spots when tested with ELITE. From Research to Product: AIM Supervisor AIM Supervisor - AIM Red Dashboard 1 AIM Supervisor is AIM Intelligence's enterprise AI safety platform designed to support both text-based and multimodal models, including Vision-Language Models (VLMs). It enables continuous evaluation and risk control through real-time scoring, adversarial testing, and policy-based output filtering. The platform integrates with OpenAI-compatible and HuggingFace-based models via REST API, deployable through a container or one-line API wrapper. Inference latency (GPU): under 700ms Full evaluation cycle: under 1.5 second AIM Guard Dashboard Key components include: AIM Red - an automated adversarial engine that generates jailbreak prompts across high-risk taxonomies AIM Guard - a real-time output evaluator applying rubric-based filters AI Safety Dashboard - a unified console for monitoring, scoring, and policy tuning AIM Supervisor - AIM Red Dashboard 2 Together, these tools help organizations detect unsafe behavior, enforce policies, and maintain governance-all without slowing development. Product access: Global Adoption and Policy Recognition AIM Guard User Input / Policy AIM Intelligence's safety technologies are gaining traction across both industry and policy communities. In partnership with LG CNS, AIM conducted red teaming and guardrail implementation for a customer-facing AI assistant at Woori Bank. Within days, ELITE surfaced privacy and financial safety violations, leading to targeted architecture updates. AIM also collaborated with KT, Korea's largest telecom provider, to evaluate internal AI systems. The assessment revealed system-level vulnerabilities and informed new safety protocols for deployment. AIM's work is being recognized internationally: Meta's Llama Impact Innovation Award - First Korean recipient Anthropic Bug Bounty Program - Red teaming frontier models TTA Standardization Partner - Helping define national safety guidelines for finance, healthcare, robotics, and public-sector AI "With ELITE and our broader safety stack, we're giving builders and regulators the confidence they need to deploy AI responsibly," said Yu. AIM Supervisor - AIM Guard Graph Policy AI Safety Market: Growing Fast, Under-Regulated As AI systems become embedded in finance, healthcare, defense, and public infrastructure, trust and accountability are no longer optional. According to Markets and Markets, the global AI safety market is projected to grow from $1.1 billion in 2024 to $5.4 billion by 2030, with a 30.2% CAGR. With regulation on the rise, organizations are seeking solutions that are both robust and scalable. ELITE and AIM Supervisor meet that demand. AIM Intelligence Joint Research Team: From left: Ha-eon Park [Seoul National University], Yoo-jin Choi [Sookmyung Women's University], Won-jun Lee [KIST (Yonsei University)], Do-hyun Lee [Seoul National University], Sang-yoon Yoo [Seoul National University] Contact: Bomi Son Email: team@ Website: Source: Honest Medita To view the source version of this press release, please visit Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Time Business News
13-05-2025
- Business
- Time Business News
Smart Storage for Smart Startups: Tips for Stocking, Sorting and Managing Your Warehouse from Day One
Opening a warehouse is more than renting a large space and stocking it with products; it is about designing a program to aid in its organizational objectives and minimize waste and errors while it scales with the business. When a young company or small to mid-sized business objects to expanding its warehousing capacity and scaling operations, the design and layout of a warehouse greatly affect supply chain effectiveness. Yes, for your business, whether you're storing raw materials or managing fulfilment, dedicating time to planning the storage system of your warehouse is crucial for sustainability. But one of the crucial factors that relate to the planning is how to utilize the vertical and the horizontal space – and that is where modern storage systems come into play. Below are smart storage for smart startups. Perhaps one of the earliest decisions you'll need to make is the selection of the picking type and the construction materials that are going to define the structure. Conventional cage-racking formats tend to be cheaper initially yet contain wasted vertical heights and demand extra floorspaceYet, despite being cheaper initially, conventional cage-racking formats donot make the most of their potential height and take up more floor space, which negatively affects the efficiency of movements. The modern equivalent is the Vertical Lift Module (VLM), an AS/RS that takes advantage of vertical space rather than horizontal space. Accommodating startups and growing businesses, VLMs are intended to store goods in trays picked by the system and delivered to an access location upon voice command. Not only does this increase storage capacity, but also it provides efficient use of space and time, and that is by quickly locating inventory. After choosing the type of storage system that you need for your business, it is time to divide your warehouse into functional areas: receiving area, storage area, picking zone, packing area, and shipping area. It should also provide a rational and efficient flow of the materials and goods within this layout. For instance, whereas perishable products can be placed nearer to picking zones due to frequent handling, slow-moving goods can be placed at higher or remote parts of a VLM or racks. Effective zoning reduces the travel distances for workers, offers fewer opportunities for mistakes and increases the amount of products per hour, all of which are crucial for startup companies aiming to provide quality service with a small number of employees. One common mistake many new ventures make is that they design a warehouse that can contain the amount of stock required at the time of setting up the business and not the amount of stock that is anticipated in the future. It is, therefore, important to design some flexibility into your layout in order to avoid costly overhauls at later stages. Modular shelving, VLM systems, and, ergo-movable workbenches can be easily added up or expanded to accommodate such changes. Specifically, selecting a WMS that can scale means that your physical and digital setups remain highly compatible as your warehouse evolves. It is not the size of the warehouse that matters, but its design that best suits the company's needs. Choosing the appropriate storage systems and materials can have a positive impact on startups as it may enhance productivity and performance while at the same time minimizing wastage. It is now time to design with a goal in mind. Go past the bare bones of utilizing shelving and start using options that enhance productivity and maneuverability. Storage choices, especially when constructing a new building or expanding an existing one, are all crucial. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
