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The Hyderabad resident, had joined Uber in 2019 and has a 5.67 star rating on the app for completing nearly 1,428 trips till date. Before and after picture of Srikanth. (Source: Twitter/Shaik Salauddin)
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Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 12:34 PM IST
In today’s day and age people rely heavily on cab aggregators for short-distance and long-distance travelling purposes. These cab applications use Artificial Intelligence and online technology for its functioning which oftentimes paves way for error.
Srikanth, a Hyderabad-based Uber driver, was recently on the receiving end of the shortcomings of Artificial Intelligence.
February 22, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has completely altered India’s ride-hailing industry and this change is here to stay for the foreseeable future.
After staying off roads in March and April last year due to government-mandated lockdowns, the likes of Uber and Ola made a comeback to the “new normal” in India loaded with safety precautions such as temperature checks, car sanitisation after each ride, and plastic screens between drivers and riders. But with offices and schools still operating remotely, businesses for ride-hailing firms remained subdued.
The work-from-home trend in the information technology (IT) sector was one of the biggest hindrances to ride-hailing getting back on track. IT employees account for 40-50% of Ola and Uber rides in major cities, according to Pawan Mulukutla, director of the electric mobility program under sustainable cities at World Research Institute (WRI) India. “We know many of the trips used to be to airports, tech parks, big office z