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Sexist self-driving car ad says the biggest benefit of AI is keeping women from driving

sudshr47 November 13, 2017

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Chinese search giant Baidu has a self-driving car project in development that aims to put its autonomous driving platform into vehicles as early as next year. The company’s latest attempt at a viral promotion is far from anything you’d expect to see from one of the world’s most advanced autonomous projects, however — or really any major brand in 2017. 

Baidu’s US Twitter account posted a short video today about how self-driving cars will make the world a better place. But the spot quickly devolves into a tone deaf play on gender stereotypes, a cringeworthy mashup of 21st century tech and 1950s sensibilities.    Read more…

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Driverless shuttle in Las Vegas gets in fender bender within an hour

sudshr47 November 9, 2017

 A driverless shuttle set free in downtown Las Vegas was involved in a minor accident less than an hour after it hit the streets, reported the local NBC affiliate KSNV. Not really the kind of publicity you want, or that self-driving cars need. Rea…

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Navya’s fully self-driving taxi looks straight out of Robocop

sudshr47 November 7, 2017

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Navya, the French company behind the all-electric, self-driving ARMA shuttle buses on the streets in Las Vegas, Michigan, and Singapore, has a brand-new ride for cities looking to create fleets of driverless taxicabs.

The company just unveiled its latest electric autonomous vehicle, the Autonum Cab, at a private company event in Paris. Navya’s calling the car the “world’s first taxi robot,” a title that competitors with public pilot programs on the road like Waymo, Uber, and Cruise would probably be quick to dispute — but the new cab certainly looks more like something straight out of a sci-fi movie than any of the other self-driving cars currently on the road.  Read more…

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Waymo’s autonomous cars don’t need humans in the driver’s seat anymore

sudshr47 November 7, 2017

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More than eight years after it began, Waymo, the company spun out of Google X’s self-driving car project, believes its technology is ready to take to public roads as a fully self-driving car — without anyone in the driver’s seat.

Waymo’s fleet of autonomous vehicles is now prepared to drive on public roads without a safety operator, according to CEO John Krafcik, who announced the development onstage at the Web Summit in Lisbon. 

The company also shared some details about the expansion of its pilot program in a blog post. Neither Krafcik nor the company’s reps shared exactly what has given the company the confidence to declare their vehicles “fully” self-driving, but it appears that Waymo has achieved Level 4 autonomy, which means the car can handle every aspect of the driving experience on its own without need for human intervention. Most other companies currently conducting self-driving tests are only at Level 3, a level that still requires a human operator for some (if not most) situations.   Read more…

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The Las Vegas strip’s hottest new attraction: A driverless shuttle bus

sudshr47 November 7, 2017

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Cirque du Soleil. Siegfried and Roy. Frank Sinatra. Celine Dion. Britney Spears. And now—finally—joining the ranks of famous attractions on the Las Vegas strip are, yes, driverless shuttle buses.     

Alongside the American Automobile Association, and transportation company Keolis, the city of Las Vegas is launching a new, year-long public self-driving pilot program starting Nov. 8. 

All-electric, eight-seat Navya ARMA vehicles will pick up passengers along a 0.6 mile, three-stop route up and down the Fremont East Innovation District, a section of downtown Vegas that’s been earmarked for the testing and expansion of new technologies. Read more…

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Waymo dumped partial self-driving features after discovering people sleeping while driving

sudshr47 October 31, 2017

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Self-driving vehicle innovators Waymo revealed the company abandoned partially autonomous features because it found people napping in cars while traveling at high speeds, threatening their ability to grab hold of the wheel — if necessary.

During a tour of Waymo’s testing facility on Monday, CEO John Krafcik told Reuters the company discovered the snoozing drivers during highway testing in 2013.

“What we found was pretty scary,” said Krafcik “It’s hard to take over because they have lost contextual awareness.” Read more…

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