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about the development of technology that would show whether you're intoxicated or not.

About may be working on a technology that would recognize whether the user of his app are intoxicated or high. One of the company's patents published this past week describes a system that might be able to recognize whether someone is behaving uncharacteristically by looking at small changes in their behavior while using the Uber application.

It contains a listing of possible information that Uber could use to measure the degree of intoxication of an appliance end users. Whilst the filing does not state that the suggested utility will be used to ascertain whether someone is intoxicated or on drug - it instead relates to "'predicting the state of users through mechanical learning' and "'atypical states of users " " - that would be the most likely interpret.

Once the theoretic AI system recognizes that someone is doing something abnormal, it will adjust Uber's service accordingly. It proposes how Uber could adapt its service, such as instructing the user to a better illuminated pick-up location, or assigning the user to a specific drunken passenger handling instructor.

About says that it can also use the technology to help stop the user from getting together with other travelers. Whilst the work on specific security arrangements for drunk travellers may sound useful, the filing of the patents sheds light on the extent of Uber's existing methodologies and asks how much money can be spent on the misuse of such information.

When the scandalous co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned and Dara Khosrowshahi was appointed CEO last year, the start-up opened a new chapter very openly, but it has a dark story when it comes to its client list. For example, the infamous "God View" utility, which shows the locations of those requesting a vehicle, was misused by staff to trace the locations of their ex-boyfriends and to watch over prominent figures and political figures, according to a statement by former Uber investigation officer Samuel Ward Spangenberg in October 2016.

There is also concern that the system could endanger drunken people. A recent CNN survey found that at least 103 over-drivers in the US were charged with having assaulted or abused their passenger during the last four years, many of whom were seriously intoxicated. Price policy is something like a blockbuster; nobody knows exactly how its algorithms work, but the business seems to have a great deal of knowledge about when its clients are likely to be paying more.

For example, in 2016, a behaviorist at Uber said that the corporation knew that individuals were more willing to buy a higher price if their telephone battery was weak, but they were keen to say that they "absolutely do not use this" information. Imagine that drunken travellers will also be less wary when it comes to how much they spend.

No proof exists that Uber's current filing is anything other than theory. It did not react immediately to a letter inviting comments. There' s nothing to say they haven't already analyzed that information.