Microsoft provides Indian RTOs with AI software to take driving license tests

Microsoft has announced that its Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety (HAMS)AI project is being used at the Regional Transport Office, Dehradun, Uttarakhand to automate driver's license testing. HAMS uses smartphone based technology to automate a users driver's license testing. Microsoft states that its HAMS project enables the driver's license testing to be an objective and transparent process, which helps in testing drivers better and granting them licenses. The company states that license testing is a pressing problem in India. Citing a survey by SaveLIFE Foundation, it said that 59 per cent of the respondents did not give a test to obtain a driving license.