They discovered my age upon release and made Face Pay on the subway. What people at MTS AI and VisionLabs are working on

In October last year, Face Pay was launched in the Moscow metro – face-to-face payment.

For half a year I watched how this technology was tested, and then registered in the system myself. Everything worked fine, now I’m going through it and I don’t know any problems. I’ve been asking myself for a long time… who did it at all? It’s not such a simple technology, especially on a scale.

One caught on another, contact after contact – and so I got to MTS. What a twist!

Not everyone knows that MTS has long been not so much a telecom operator as an IT company. I came to visit the MTS AI developers and became their subsidiary VisionLabs. It quickly became clear that most Muscovites and many Russians are already dealing with what is obvious and obvious in MTS AI and VisionLabs.

I visited their offices, spied on their products and how the work is arranged. I saw where the very Face Pay was born, as well as a lot of other futuristic technologies that are already being practiced next to you.

Content:

• ▪ How Face Pay and other VisionLabs technologies work
  ▪ What is MTS AI
  ▪ What is MTS AI working on?
  ▪ MTS AI office
  ▪ Is it possible to get a job at MTS AI

How does Face Pay and other VisionLabs technologies work?

It is these actions that Pay per personthere are tens of thousands of people in the Moscow metro.

I would like to send to their demo zone to everyone who has not yet delved into the development of modern machine vision technologies.

Recognition of license plates of passing cars and their automatic reconciliation with the database? Done, perfect for checkpoints or just corporate parking. People identification with instant reconciliation with the base of employees? There is such (I did not pass the test, of course).

How are security protocols monitored, including with regard to personal protection? In my presence, the girl presenting VisionLabs technologies put on a construction helmet – and on the monitor, next to her silhouette, the icon instantly turned green.

The control system was shown nearby. liveliness – identity change protection in observations and passes like video intercoms. It was worth bringing a printout of a face to them, and a refusal was displayed on the display. No matter how you play with a piece of paper, this “intercom emulator” cannot be deceived.

And there was also turnstile layout with Face Pay support and temperature sensor. A similar system is now installed on all branches of the Moscow metro:

As I learned from the presentation of the demo zone, VisionLabs is a subsidiary of MTS AI.

What is MTS II

Ten years ago, Russian operators began to develop not only cellular networks, but also a number of other promising areas of IT. One of them – artificial intelligence.

To develop products in this area, MTS requires a subsidiary of MTS AI.

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What are they working on at MTS AI?

Today, MTS AI offers a range of advanced AI and computer vision solutions tailored to specific needs. Among them…

► Ten Vision Platform. Cloud-based video surveillance with feature recognition, attendance analytics, activity detection (up to perimeter violations and theft exclusion) and definition of security machine regulations.

► Audiogram platform. Speech recognition and its synthesis based on neural networks, automation of call centers and bots, voiceover of books and applications, generation of subtitles and transcription of conferences.

► NLP platform. Machine learning bots require dialogue with customers on complex topics, including technical support, ticket processing, goods transactions and banking services.

► Speech analytics. Monitoring the content of negotiations, assessing the politeness of the dialogue and searching for scripts, collecting the necessary customers.

The above is a list of initiated cases, which is what MTS AI is currently doing. And this is not only developmentbut also finished products that are already used in production, in small, medium and large businesses in the country.

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MTS AI office

I was invited to the MTS AI office for a few hours, and during this time I was able to see live all the areas of their activities.

But what he saw left an indelible impression, there is no other way to say it.

The first clue was the ubiquitous video intercoms, glowing red every time I approached them. This is a product VisionLabs: system smart locksthat recognize employees by their faces. Key card is not required. It is enough to approach the peephole, and the door itself is tangible.

It will not work to process the system using a mask or face printout: against the introduction of a laser frequency sensor (as in iPhone Face ID) and a face micro-movement detector (technology liveliness). These video intercoms have already been sold and are being serviced by visiting companies in Moscow – for example, at the central office of MTS Bank.

The super-spacious observation deck was commanded by a team responsible for TenVision solutions, i.e. video surveillance and related analytics. Here is everything about cameras of all possible shapes and types for testing technologies. On the go, mini-demo effective features seemed to me video surveillance platform.

The interface for children is accessible, accessible from any web browser. The functionality, of course, is huge and out of context, even a little intimidating.

A single camera in the ceiling instantly scans people’s faces, and conveniences with their personal data rained down on the dashboard. With me, the mouse drew places around someone’s workplace – any activity in it would now be accompanied by messages.

It’s hard to surprise with the number of visitors today, but what about age, gender and even emotions? Until recently, we saw this only in films. Now I see it with my own eyes, and MTS produces various technologies for business and implements them in production, in offices, stores and shopping centers.

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To be honest, after a short walk around the offices of MTS AI and VisionLabs, I was impressed and didn’t even know what.

It’s one thing to see all of these technologies at the user level, and quite another to see how it works effectively from the inside, right now. After this, it’s ridiculous to think that I was initially afraid to hand over my biometrics to the database.

Much of what I have seen has applied application in a wide range of business problems and tasks. It is difficult to overestimate the advantages of automobiles for safety issues. It’s stupid to deny Comfortable payment by face photo in the town. Neural networks have made online robots and autoresponders to solve tasks and problems, both for us, customers, and for businesses.

All computer technology makes people here while you are reading these lines.

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Is it possible to get a job at MTS AI?

MTS AI together with neighbors VisionLabs sit in the quiet center of Moscow. The guys are positive, I was glad to talk informally.

While walking and looking at this celebration of technology, a single release. We have not yet been replaced by robots, so all complex technologies are still made by people. And smart people are always needed.

So it’s not surprising that Recruitment to the MTS AI team is open right nowand in many areas.

The office of MTS AI is completely new in every sense, the idea of ​​the company entered here at the meeting of the year. I liked the style – unobtrusively, even somehow a little at home and in a European way, or something.

Negotiations with names from popular films were also appreciated: a large one – Rivendell, a small one – Mordor, just for a tête-à-tête conversation. attention is reduced that there are a lot of girls here, and I like it for a number of reasons, for everyone they will be their own.

And I also noticed that there are empty seats. And this is not without reason (sorry for the pun).

MTS AI, as well as their line of business, is young in the literal and figurative sense of the word. Many positions are being opened to this day, and the office in the center of Moscow is waiting for those who want to achieve more with the team.

As I’ve been told here, career opportunities abound. Some of the current employees came here, having once started working almost as a consultant in the MTS salon!

The prospects and speed of development of tasks, as well as new tasks and tasks, allow you to quickly grow up the career ladder or take new places in one of the most important leaders in the technology sector of the 21st century.

I translate: offer employee here, if you have the necessary skills, experience, or at least sufficient interest and personal background in the field of artificial intelligence, data science and computer vision. I immediately reviewed several similar vacancies in the public domain.

If you are interested in who MTS AI is currently hiring, you can look at their vacancy or submit it for an interview.

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