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  • As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology


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    In November 2016, the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness held the first congressional hearing on A.I., with Mr. Musk’s warnings cited twice by lawmakers. In Washington, some lawmakers tried creating rules for facial recog...

  • Instagram debuts age recognition AI in Canada. Some experts are skeptical


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    Social media giant Instagram is rolling out age-recognition AI tech into Canada as an option for users to verify their identities. How does Instagram’s age recognition work? “We recently studied 21 different AI platforms that guess your age,” h...

  • Love's Announces 1,500 New Parkking Spaces; BP Purchasing TA


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    Love’s Travel Stops announced its plan to open 25 new travel stops this year, creating 1,500 new truck parking spaces. That equates to 60 new truck parking spots at each location. When drivers responded to the latest survey of industry concerns...

  • Facial Recognition Pitches In To Help Cops Arrest A Maryland Man For A Crime He Didn’t Commit


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    Facial Recognition Pitches In To Help Cops Arrest A Maryland Man For A Crime He Didn’t Commitfrom the there's-no-do-no-harm-requirement-for-cops deptFacial recognition tech needs more work. According to this report by Khari Johnson for Wired, f...

  • Two states looking to limit nuclear verdicts


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    The bill has been sent to the Iowa House, where a similar bill has been passed through committee. The passed Senate bill would limit noneconomic damages awarded in a civil lawsuit against trucking companies to $2 million, but it would not limit...

  • Feds conclude probe of TuSimple autonomous truck accident By Investing.com


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    Feds conclude probe of TuSimple (TSP) autonomous truck accidentTSP +12.15% Add to/Remove from WatchlistBy Michael ElkinsAutonomous truck maker TuSimple (NASDAQ: ) announced Thursday that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has close...

  • The Big Guns: Analyzing the Heavy Equipment Market


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    Heavy equipment refers to large, complex machines that are used for heavy-duty tasks such as digging, excavating, lifting, and hauling. Request for Free Sample Copy of Earthmoving Equipment Market Report @

    Self-driving truck tech company to lay off hundreds of workers in effort to cut costs


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    One of that nation’s most prominent autonomous truck companies plans to lay off more than 200 workers, according to a Friday announcement. According to a March 3 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, San Francisco-headquartered ...