Seoul Taxis to Implement Customer Finding Ai Systems

By Kim Hyun-bin

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) said, Sunday, it plans to implement artificial intelligence (AI) systems to help taxi drivers find customers.

Since last November, the city government has installed “AI Taxi System' in 380 cabs from five operators in the capital and found the system to be effective to reduce imbalance between supply and demand.

According to the results of the test-run, the AI taxis were able to accommodate 25.3 passengers on average per day, a 21-percent increase from 20.

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The local government and Korea Smart Card developed an AI system that evaluates big data including taxi information, weather, population and business districts in real-time to analyze taxi demand in the area

Taxi drivers could press the “estimate” button on their meter and the AI will analyze passenger demand within a one-kilometer radius and the driver can head...