Baidu rolled out its full-driverless robotaxis ride at about the same rate as the other ride-hailing services in August. Chinese multinational technology Baidu has expanded its ride-hailing platform A...
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Kodiak wins $50M deal to develop driverless Army vehicles
Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said Tuesday that it won a two-year, $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Department...
Tesla and Argo AI setbacks sap momentum for driverless tech
The driverless tech industry hit a couple of snags this week. First came news in Ford’s (F) Q3 earnings report that the automaker was shutting down its Argo AI autonomous driving joint venture. Ford s...
Driverless in Phoenix and GM takes its EV offensive beyond vehicles
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IKEA tests driverless delivery trucks in Texas with Kodiak Robotics
Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said that it has begun a pilot program with IKEA in Texas. A semitruck equipped with...
Lyft president still thinks driverless cars will dominate ride-share
Confetti falls as Lyft CEO Logan Green (C) and President John Zimmer (LEFT C) ring the Nasdaq opening bell celebrating the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2019 in Los Angele...
AI Ethics And AI Law Are Moving Toward Standards That Explicitly Identify And Manage AI Biases
Latest NIST standard is on the look for AI biases and how we will find them and manage them. getty Have you ever played fifty-two card pick-up? It is not a game that you would normally willingly under...
Gatik Goes Driverless In Canada For Grocery Giant Loblaws
Autonomous trucks with no safety driver provided by Gatik are making deliveries for grocery and … [+] pharmacy company Loblaws Companies Limited. steho.ca There’s something missing in the ...
Why Don’t You Have A Self-Driving Car Yet? This 2-Part Series Explains The Big Remaining Problems
When will you have or ride in a self-driving car? What’s stopping you? Brad Templeton / Cruise People often ask, “Where’s my self-driving car?” “Why don’t I have one and when will it come?” A lo...
AI Ethics And The Quest For Self-Awareness In AI
Giving heavy thought to AI and self-awareness, combined with ethical behavior and AI ethics. getty Are you self-aware? I’d bet that you believe you are. The thing is, supposedly, few of us are especia...
Cruise ‘Recalls’ Robotaxis After Crash, But The Recall Is The Wrong Mechanism
A Cruise robotaxi picks up a passenger at night, which is when they operate Cruise In June, General Motor’s “Cruise” unit, which is operating unmanned robotaxis at night in San Francisco, and about to...
Cruise Announces Expansion To Phoenix And Austin And More Plans
A Cruise test vehicle drives in San Francisco dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s “Cruise” unit announced today that within 90 days, Cruise would start robotaxi service — paid...
AI Ethics Saying That AI Should Be Especially Deployed When Human Biases Are Aplenty
Trying to overcome human untoward biases by replacing with AI is not as straightforward as it might … [+] seem. getty Humans have got to know their limitations. You might recall the akin famous ...
Will Transit Agencies Fight Or Yield To The Self-Driving Revolution?
Transit line in San Francisco. What role should transit operators have in policy around … [+] self-driving cars? Brad Templeton Transit operators and transit fans have, since almost the beginnin...
AI Ethics Wary About Worsening Of AI Asymmetry Amid Humans Getting The Short End Of The Stick
AI Asymmetry is getting larger and one controversial solution seems to be arming more with AI in a … [+] fight fire-with-fire uneasy approach. getty Sometimes you are on the wrong end of the sti...
Baidu Secures License to Operate China’s First Fully Driverless Robotaxis
Search engine behemoth Baidu has been granted official permission to roll out its driverless commercial robotaxis in Wuhan and Chongqing. Baidu appears set to operate fully driverless commercial robot...
Baidu Begins Paid Robotaxi Service In China With No Employee Aboard
A Baidu Apollo Robotaxi travels with no safety driver in the vehicle in China Baidu BaiduBIDU has announced they have received permits to operate a paid Robotaxi service in China, with no human safety...
AI Ethics Fuming About The Rising Hot Potato Syndrome Being Employed By AI Makers Seemingly Trying To Avoid Accountability For Their Life-Deciding Autonomous Systems
Concerns about insidious trickery by some AI makers that places humans on the losing end when it … [+] comes to the AI Hot Potato Syndrome. getty We all know that you are supposed to make sure t...
AI Ethics Confronting Whether Irate Humans That Violently Smash Or Mistreat AI Is Alarmingly Immoral, Such As Those Angered Folks That Lash Out At Fully Autonomous AI Systems
AI ethics is examining what happens when humans mistreat AI systems such as robots, including … [+] self-driving cars. getty That’s why we can’t have nice things. You’ve likely heard or seen tha...
Baidu Unveils Custom Robotaxi With Steering Wheel That Will Be Removed
Baidu robotaxi after steering wheel is removed, configured with desk and drink dispenser in front Baidu BaiduBIDU , the Chinese search giant, has revealed a new custom designed robotaxi it states will...
AI Ethics Cautiously Assessing Whether Offering AI Biases Hunting Bounties To Catch And Nab Ethically Wicked Fully Autonomous Systems Is Prudent Or Futile
Is it okay to encourage AI biases bounty hunting or are we making things worse by doing so? getty Wanted: AI bias hunters. That could be a modern-day ad that you’ll begin to see popping up on social m...
AI Ethics Ringing Alarm Bells About The Looming Specter Of AI Biases At Massive Global Scale, Especially Fueled Via Looming Fully Autonomous Systems
AI could bring us AI-steeped untoward biases at scale, massive global scale. getty Plato famously stated that a good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. This keen insight seems amazingl...
Cruise Robotaxis Keep Stalling On SF Streets, How Upset Should We Be?
A Cruise car testing in San Francisco, not stalled. (Cruise cars only carry passengers at night.) Getty Images Numerous reports have emerged of multiple robotaxis from GM’s Cruise unit stalling on San...
Driverless Cars Investment Portfolio Makes 50% Gain
The Driverless Cars smart portfolio on eToro has returned more than 52% in gains over the last couple of years. These returns are nothing but impressive, given they were secured when a pandemic manage...
AI Ethics Confronting The Insidious One-Like-Mind Of AI Algorithmic Monoculture, Including For Autonomous Self-Driving Cars
AI algorithmic monoculture is rising due to AI pervasiveness and like-minded decision-making … [+] algorithms. getty Let’s take a look at a bit of a puzzling conundrum. It is said that great min...
AI Ethics Shocking Revelation That Training AI To Be Toxic Or Biased Might Be Beneficial, Including For Those Autonomous Self-Driving Cars
Should we be willing to devise toxic AI in order to combat toxic AI? getty Here’s an old line that I’m sure you’ve heard before. It takes one to know one. You might not realize that this is an express...
AI Ethics And The Generational Transition From Digital Natives To AI Natives Growing Up Amidst Pervasive AI, Including Ubiquitous Self-Driving Cars
Digital natives will give way to AI natives, for which society and the use of AI will be … [+] demonstrably impacted. getty You’ve undoubtedly heard of the catchphrase known as digital natives. ...
AI Ethics And Legal AI Are Flustered By Deceptive Pretenses Known As AI Ethics-Washing Which Are False Claims Of Adhering To Ethical AI, Including For Autonomous Self-Driving Cars
AI Ethics washing is getting worse and worse, entailing falsehoods and deceptions about claims of … [+] abiding by AI Ethics precepts. getty Let’s explore the myriad of ways that the words “wash...
Gatik, Georgia-Pacific And KBX Announce Commercial Partnership For Driverless Trucks Serving Sam’s Club Stores
Gatik’s Autonomous Class 6 Truck posing for a glamour shot in front of their new delivery point … [+] Sam’s Club. Gatik Automated Driving System developer Gatik, a pioneer in middle ...