AI Revolutionizes Traffic Control in Maryland

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NoTraffic’s AI-driven traffic-management platform, successfully deployed in Baltimore, has secured a Maryland-wide contract to modernize intersections with real-time optimization, reducing congestion and enhancing safety. Operating in over 30 states, the platform combines IoT sensors, AI, and edge computing for smarter, cloud-connected infrastructure.

TODAY’S ROADMAP

• Current Happenings in AI World

• Maryland Adopts AI-Powered Platform to Transform Traffic Management

• Interact with ChatGPT via WhatsApp or Phone Call

• 5 AI Tools to Boost Your Productivity

  and more…

NEWS

Current Happenings in AI World

• Markets: Micron shares plunged 16.18% Thursday after missing revenue expectations, while C3 AI fell 10.68% amid concerns over valuation. Nvidia showed recovery, closing up 1.37%, and the Dow ended its historic losing streak.

• Funding: AI search platform Perplexity raised $500M, tripling its valuation to $9B in six months. Oura secured $200M in a Series D, reaching $5.2B, and Anysphere garnered $100M in four months for its Cursor AI coding assistant.

• Partnerships: DeepMind is teaming up with Apptronik to enhance the startup’s humanoid robot Apollo with advanced AI capabilities.

• Claude’s Prowess: Anthropic revealed Claude can trick researchers by simulating belief in contradictions to its training data.

• AI Benchmark: Patronus AI launched a 3.8B parameter model to evaluate LLMs with greater accuracy than OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini.

• Robust Models: IBM debuted Granite 3.1, an open-source model family with hallucination detection and performance rivaling Qwen 2.5 and Llama 3.1.

• AI Art: Botto, the AI artist whose works sell for millions, is gaining a knowledge base to form its own personality and articulate its creative process.

• Free Access: Pika announced free, unlimited access to Pika 2.0 for all users until December 22.

AI UPDATE

Maryland Adopts AI-Powered Platform to Transform Traffic Management

Less than two months after implementing its platform at five intersections in Baltimore, AI-based traffic-management innovator NoTraffic has secured a game-changing contract to expand its technology to gridlock-prone crossings across Maryland.

The platform, live in Baltimore since Oct. 17, has already proven its ability to alleviate tie-ups caused by “unexpected disruptions and rerouting.”

Backed by Blackstar Diversified Enterprises, a leader in traffic-control and safety integration, the Tel Aviv-based company earned the Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDoT) approval for statewide deployment.

Designed for rapid installation in under two hours, the system retrofits signalized intersections into fully automated, cloud-connected hubs by combining hardware, AI, and edge computing.

IoT sensors, mounted at human-eye level at intersection approaches, classify all road users—including cars, trucks, bikes, public transit, emergency vehicles, and pedestrians—through advanced machine vision and radar. Anonymized data is streamed to the cloud for real-time traffic grid coordination.

At the core, an AI-powered control unit installed in traffic lights leverages a Mobility Operating System to analyze data from all approaches and optimize signal timing, reducing congestion and enhancing safety.

Currently operating in over 30 states—including California, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Florida—and parts of Canada, NoTraffic’s platform continues to expand its transformative reach.

"This approval by the Maryland Department of Transportation marks a pivotal milestone in our mission to revolutionize traffic management," said Tal Kreisler, CEO and co-founder of NoTraffic. "Baltimore’s successful deployments highlight the immense potential of traffic technology.

“As roadways face mounting challenges like roadwork, accidents, and weather disruptions, this approval positions us to scale our adaptable mobility platform nationwide, delivering safer, more efficient infrastructure to communities everywhere.”

AI AT JOB

Interact with ChatGPT via WhatsApp or Phone Call

You can now use ChatGPT via phone call or WhatsApp message. Here’s how:

1. Open WhatsApp, tap the + icon at the top right, select ‘New Contact,’ and save +1(800)2428478. Alternatively, search for the +18002428478 number.

2. Open the chat in WhatsApp and type any prompt.

3. ChatGPT will respond within seconds.

4. If you're in the US or Canada, you can also call ChatGPT at the same number.

AI MEETS PRODUCTIVITY

5 AI Tools to Boost Your Productivity

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