Uber plans to licens tons of user data on 30 countries for AI – Uber Technologies (NYSE: Uber)

Uber Technologies Uber Uses his global reach and experience with technology to sell artificial intelligence-related services to other companies.

What happened: On Friday, the company established in San Francisco announced the expansion of its AI data services to 30 countries.

Uber AI Solutions (it used to be called Uber Scaled Solutions) claims to offer tools and data to train smart AI agents to understand and “navigate in practice of practice”.

The Dara Khosrowshahi-Part Offers access to its global gig worker network for tasks such as tagging images, refining translations and verifying the AI ​​output. It also offers tools to help companies build smart AI agents for customer support, order processing and more.

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Why it matters: Uber transforms from only a ride-hailing and food delivery company into a global AI infrastructure provider. It is crazy about his decade of experience in managing and collecting data to help others build AI.

This shift brings the car service company into competition with AI companies. Think of companies such as Scales And Amazon Mechanical TurkA crowdsourcing marketplace with which companies can outsource processes.

In the meantime, Uber continues to invest in scaling self -driving mobility, collaborating with car companies such as Volkswagen on autonomous EVs, starting in Los Angeles by 2026. It also forged partnerships with May Mobility and Momenta.

Bank of America Securities analyst Justin Post Uber a top choice called in the wider travel and transport sector, powered by the potential of AI to open the market for competitive autonomous vehicle (AV).

Price promotion: Uber shares acts higher with 1.3% to $ 84.55 on the last check Friday.

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