The NHTSA is focusing on 22 incidents, including 'collisions with stationary objects.'
I was raised to fear the machines. I fear sentient robots turning against me or, even worse, taking my job. I fear artificial intelligence becoming so advanced that it decides the world would be better off without mankind existing, which is probably true but is also offensive to pro-human folks such as myself. I fear AI bots creating a deepfake video of me going on a dog hunt with Kristi Noem and then disseminating that video out to the public. And I fear that Big Tech knows who I’d like to see...
A bill waits for action by Gov. Kay Ivey that would legalize self-driving cars on the roads in Alabama.
The US DOJ is investigating whether Tesla's self-driving claims are connected to wire fraud. The company's previous statements are currently under review.
Waymo demonstrates its self-driving cars on the Phoenix freeway for its robotaxi service. Waymo is now on the freeway from the streets and city roads, with its self-driving car demonstrating its capabilities on larger, more trafficked roads, which is one of the biggest challenges for autonomous vehicles.
Google's Waymo self-driving vehicles may be causing big problems on the roads including accidents into stationary objects and ignoring traffic signals, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
DOJ prosecutors are examining whether Elon Musk's Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles' self-driving capabilities, sources familiar with the matter said.
British self-driving technology startup Wayve said on Tuesday it has raised $1.05 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank Group to accelerate the development and launch in production-model vehicles of its Embodied AI technology that can learn from and adapt to human behavior. Nvidia also contributed in the Series C funding round as a new investor, as did existing investor Microsoft. The latest funding brings Wayve's total funds raised to just over $1.3 billion and marks the largest...
A content creator with a stop sign on his t-shirt managed to stop Waymo's robotaxis in their tracks in Arizona
General Motors' autonomous car company, Cruise, has reportedly agreed to pay an $8-million to $12-million settlement to a woman who was hospitalized after getting dragged along the pavement by a self-driving taxi in San Francisco last year. The woman, a pedestrian, was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle at 5th and Market streets and thrown into the path of Cruise's self-driving car, which pinned her underneath, according to Cruise and authorities. The car dragged her about 20 feet as it tried to...
Wayve, the British self-driving car startup, said on Tuesday that it had raised $1.05 billion in an investment led by Japan's SoftBank.
Wayve, a U.K.-born startup developing a self-learning rather than rule-based system for autonomous driving, has closed $1.05 billion in Series C funding led by SoftBank Group. This is the U.K.’s largest AI fundraise ever and sits among the top 20 AI fundraises globally to date. Also participating in the raise was Nvidia and existing investor Microsoft. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.