Business
A former Google engineer was charged Tuesday with stealing self-driving car technology from the company shortly before he joined Uber's efforts to catch up in the high-stakes race to build robotic vehicles.
Aug 27, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
What should a self-driving car do when a nearby vehicle is swerving unpredictably back and forth on the road, as if its driver were drunk? What about encountering a vehicle driving the wrong way? Before autonomous cars are ...
Feb 23, 2018
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Business
A former Google star engineer charged with stealing trade secrets from its self-driving car program has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors, according to court documents filed Thursday.
Mar 20, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
We are really close to perfecting the technology for self-driving cars. But our driverless future won't go anywhere if people don't trust it. It's one thing for our autonomous test cars to take us for a drive with a safety ...
Aug 25, 2017
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Automotive
Tesla has recalled 2 million US vehicles over concerns about its autopilot function. Autopilot is meant to help with maneuvers such as steering and acceleration, but still needs input from the driver. It comes just a few ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Eleven people were killed in U.S. crashes involving vehicles that were using automated driving systems during a four-month period earlier this year, according to newly released government data, part of an alarming pattern ...
Oct 18, 2022
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When faced with driving dilemmas, people show a high willingness to sacrifice themselves for others, make decisions based on the victim's age and swerve onto sidewalks to minimize the number of lives lost, reveals new research ...
May 3, 2018
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Machine learning & AI
Google has launched Gemini, a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can seemingly understand and talk intelligently about almost any kind of prompt—pictures, text, speech, music, computer code and much more.
Dec 12, 2023
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Automotive
Automated-driving technologies are advancing steadily with the promise of reducing road accidents.
Dec 6, 2022
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Hi Tech & Innovation
We may have just seen a major player in the drive towards autonomous cars apply screeching brakes. Apple has reportedly abandoned its plans to build its own self-driving electric vehicle and is instead going to focus on the ...
Oct 24, 2016
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