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  • XPO reduces damage claims, aims for further improvement


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    Please let us know if you have feedbackXPO’s damage claims ratio as a percent of LTL revenue remained at 0.7% in Q2, holding steady from Q1 and improving from 0.9% YoY. “Over the last year and a half we tied incentive compensation plans to impr...

  • FMCSA Autonomous Truck Study: A Positive Leap Towards Level 4...


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    The agency has proposed the FMCSA autonomous truck study, a driving simulator study to explore the potential of teaming human drivers with Level 4 autonomous commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The FMCSA Autonomous Truck Study: A Deep DiveThe FMC...

  • China floats rules for facial recognition technology


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    China has released draft regulations to govern the country's facial recognition technology that include prohibitions on its use to analyze race or ethnicity. The draft rules, which are open for comments until September 7, include some vague dir...

  • China to tighten the rules on use of facial recognition technology


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    China has a vast network of security cameras installed across the country.

  • New Title: FMCSA Autonomous Truck Study Aims to Quantify the Safety Implications of Human-Automat...


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    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is leading the way in revolutionizing commercial transportation with their autonomous truck study. The study focuses on exploring the potential of teaming human drivers with Level 4 autono...

  • Pregnant woman wrongly arrested over face recognition error


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    Earlier this year in February, a heavily pregnant woman was arrested outside her home in Detroit, Michigan for robbery and carjacking. Six months later on August 3, Porch Woodruff’s lawyer filed a lawsuit for wrongful arrest by the Detroit poli...

  • California state board to vote on driverless taxi fleet


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    California state board to vote on expanding driverless taxi fleetA key vote this coming Thursday, August 10, by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will determine whether tech companies Waymo and Cruise can begin a massive expansi...

  • Firms using facial recognition in China face new rules, with some exceptions


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    Firms using facial recognition in China will be required to obtain consent or legal permission before collecting personal information, draft regulations released Tuesday said, while stipulating the rules would not apply to some bodies. China is...