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Danish firm Milestone launches video data platform for coders to train AI models
MUMBAI: In a world where AI developers are positively gagging for decent video data, Danish surveillance heavyweight Milestone Systems is stepping into the breach. The Copenhagen-based firm unveiled Project Hafnia today, a new platform that promises to democratise AI model training by serving up high-quality, legally kosher video data to hungry developers.
Milestone’s new offering leverages Nvidia’s tech stack to create what it hopes will be a knockout service for both data generators keen to monetise their footage and developers desperate for properly annotated video data that won’t land them in regulatory hot water.
“Artificial intelligence is our generation’s biggest game-changer,” says Milestone Systems chief executive Thomas Jensen. “The Project Hafnia platform will collect and curate data with the aspiration to be the world’s smartest, fastest and responsible platform for video data and training of AI models.”
The firm is rolling out two distinct services:
* A cutting-edge “training as a service” offering where coders can access quality data to train their AI models
* A visual language model (VLM) service for smart city transport applications, which the company boldly claims will be “industry leading”
Milestone reckons its platform, powered by Nvidia’s Cosmos Curator data curation tools, will speed up AI and analytics development by up to 30 times compared with current standards—a claim that will raise eyebrows in the notoriously cautious tech community.
The first cab off the rank is a transport-focused VLM designed to tackle everything from general traffic assessments to incident reporting and alert validation.
“The next phase in development and adoption of visually perceptive agentic AI services will be unlocked by recipes like Nvidia VSS blueprint combined with widely available and accessible fine-tuned VLM models,” says NVIDIA vice president and general manager of embedded and edge computing Deepu Talla.
Project Hafnia launches initially as a pilot, with keen developers able to join a waitlist at hafnia.milestonesys.com/joinwaitlist. The platform will cut its teeth on traffic video data before expanding to other domains once fully operational.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Milestone employs more than 1,500 people worldwide and has been an independent company in the Canon Group since 2014.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
