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RapidSOS announces enhancements to platform, including AI-powered capabilities

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RapidSOS today unveiled a series of enhancements to its RapidSOS Unite solution for 911 centers that will be available during the next several months, including capabilities enabled by the company’s Harmony artificial-intelligence (AI) technology that is designed to serve as a “co-pilot” to telecommunicators.

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