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  • Ohio State awarded $15 million for autonomous transportation research


    Autonomous Vehicle News

    The U.S. Department of Transportation has chosen a research consortium led by The Ohio State University to address cybersecurity risks in various modes of transportation. Ohio State will receive $10 million in federal funding and $5 million in ...

  • Face Recognition Software Led to His Arrest. It Was Dead Wrong


    Image Recognition

    Carronne Sawyer took the week off work to get her husband Alonzo out of jail. But an intelligence analyst using face recognition software had labeled him a possible match with the suspect seen on CCTV footage from the bus, police records show, ...

  • Ford Tries to Patent a Dystopian Future Where Self-Driving Cars Repo Themselves


    Autonomous Vehicle News

    Ford has filed a patent for theoretical tech that would, among other things, allow its vehicles to repossess themselves if a driver falls behind on car payments. The U.S. Patent Office published the company’s application last Thursday, February...

  • Battle of the robots: Waymo vs. Cruise


    Autonomous Vehicle News

    Waymo car on left; Cruise car on right. State of play: Waymo and Cruise are the two autonomous vehicle operators allowed to transport passengers in San Francisco without a human driver in the front seat. Waymo is not yet allowed to charge for r...

  • Bonusly, a startup aiming to help employees get recognized for quality work, raises $18.9M


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    Employee recognition is a key retention tool in a competitive jobs market. According to a recent SurveyMonkey poll, 82% of staffers consider recognition an important part of their happiness at work, while an equal percentage — 82% — report feel...

  • FoMoCo Repo: Ford Patents System for Self-Repossessing Vehicles


    Autonomous Vehicle News

    One of the systems described in the patent enables an autonomous vehicle to repossess itself. Avoiding the repo man could get a lot harder in the future, specifically if vehicles can one day repossess themselves. In situations where Ford's repo...

  • Professors say AI art advancements shouldn’t worry art students at Northeastern


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    “If more and more companies start to use AI art… design won’t be as experience-centric. I don’t really do that anymore,” Thorp said, recollecting how the invention of AI art has impacted her personally. There’s less of a demand for portraits, I...

  • Waymo takes testing to the next level: no human even in the driver’s seat


    Autonomous Vehicle News

    Waymo, the company behind the autonomous automobile’s you’ve seen cautiously cruising up and down the streets of Santa Monica, has announced it will be advancing its testing to the next level, driving with no human so much as even sitting in th...