Sidewalk scooter riders, beware: AI-powered ‘Lime Vision’ will soon call you out

 

A Lime e-scooter rider cruises past on the sidewalk in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, home to Amazon HQ. New tech on the scooters coming this summer will generate audible and app alerts warning riders to move to a safer riding area. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)

Lime scooters in Seattle are going to start policing their own riders, using cameras and AI to catch — and call out — bad behavior in real time.