AI This Week: Cruise Veers Off Course
Headlines This Week In a big win for human artists, a Washington D.C. judge has ruled that AI-generated art lacks copyright protections. Meta has released SeamlessM4T, an automated speech and…
Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says
Driverless car systems have a bias problem, according to a new study from Kings College London. The study examined eight AI-powered pedestrian detection systems used for autonomous driving research. Researchers…
San Francisco Begs California to Pause Waymo & Cruise Robotaxi Infestation
A Waymo robotaxi on the streets of San Francisco. Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) The future is nigh, but San Francisco wants to push it off just a little farther.…
Self-Driving Car in San Francisco Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete
A Cruise self-driving car in action on the streets of San Francisco. Image: Michael Vi (Shutterstock) Self-driving cars are one of the funniest broken promises of the modern age. Far…
California Lets Self-Driving Taxis Loose In San Francisco All Day and Night
Nascent robotaxi services Waymo and Cruise are going to be out in force on the Streets of San Francisco like rambunctious, autonomous, teenaged hooligans after a state public utilities body…
Elon Musk eyes 2024 for Tesla robotaxi sans steering wheel, pedals
Tesla is aiming to mass produce a robotaxi by 2024, CEO Elon Musk revealed during an earnings call with investors on Wednesday.
Waymo unveils design for a robotaxi without a steering wheel
Waymo has unveiled a design for a self-driving robotaxi without a steering wheel and pedals. The autonomous-vehicle specialist announced this week that it’s partnered with Chinese automaker Geely to build…