New AI Platform — Flagg3D — Launches to Trace and Detect 3D Printable Gun Files Online Flagg3d Follow Aug 1, 2018 · 3 min read

SUMMARY: On the day that online distribution of 3D printable gun blueprints was set to become legal in the US, a new AI tool launches to trace and flag these files.

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London-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, 3D Industries Limited, today announced the launch of its Flagg3D (flagg3d.com) platform which automatically detects and flags 3D printable gun component designs uploaded online. This comes on the day that a controversial US federal ruling permitting the online distribution of such digital blueprints, was set to come into effect. Despite an eleventh hour temporary ban extension, it is expected that widespread downloading and sharing of these files is imminent.

(Source: CNN)

The ease of access to production of unregistered, untraceable and undetectable weapons is widely seen as a serious national security concern. Moreover, even if legal, such 3D content would still be in violation of the usage policies of many content sharing and collaboration platforms, sites and networks.

Yet with millions of 3D digital designs being uploaded to the internet each year, and with little consistency or accuracy in naming, annotation or tagging of the files, monitoring is still done through text searches and manual flagging. This is an increasingly expensive and ineffective endeavour.

Powered by proprietary 3D shape recognition algorithms, the Flagg3D platform is able to scan large 3D databases and networks at scale, whilst also analysing inbound 3D designs in real time. The machine-learning based platform matches against existing known gun parts, as well as similar and related designs, thus identifying and flagging unsuitable content.

Flagg3D is primarily targeted at the moderators and administrators of 3D content sharing and collaboration sites, IT networks, cloud storage services and social media platforms. It is also aimed at 3D printing platforms and 3D printer firmware businesses.

Speaking at the launch of the platform, Seena Rejal, CEO of 3D Industries said, “the challenge posed by the potential release of 3D printed gun files clearly demonstrates the limits and futility of outdated text-based tools for dealing with today’s increasingly 3D web. The physical and digital are now more integrated than ever, and this demands far more sophisticated vision and AI solutions for tackling the issues that arise at this intersection.” He continued, “we offer database, network and platform owners and moderators full visibility and knowledge of their systems, allowing them to better protect themselves against policy violations, DMCA take-down notices, or irreparable brand damage. The potential savings in labour, legal and reputational costs are potentially enormous. ”

The platform can be deployed and seamlessly integrated via APIs or accessed as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) via a dashboard. Flagg3D is also offering a ‘Seek-and-Flag’ service for those wanting to outsource the process completely.

Links:

www.flagg3d.com

https://twitter.com/flagg3d

www.3dindustri.es

https://twitter.com/3dindustries

For more information contact:

Press enquiries: press@3dindustri.es

Seena Rejal, CEO: seena@3dindustri.es

About 3DI

3D Industries Limited (www.3Dindustri.es) is a groundbreaking London-based machine vision and AI company with operations in London, Palo Alto and Munich. We create developer tools and algorithms that power disruptive applications at the intersection of the real and virtual worlds across some of the most exciting markets: VR/AR, autonomous robotics, mobility, gaming, manufacturing, healthcare, 3D Printing and more.

Our international team of world class scientists and engineers hail from leading research groups at Cambridge, Princeton and Stanford, amongst others. We work with industry-defining companies such as HP, Autodesk, Intel, Siemens, Toyota, IBM, IKEA and Sony, and have been featured in Forbes, Inc.com and BBC.

About Flagg3d:

Flagg3D.com (www.flagg3d.com) is a platform exclusively designed to detect and flag unsuitable and prohibited 3D content on sites, platforms, networks and databases. It is powered by the proprietary shape recognition and matching algorithms of 3D Industries.