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.\nIn Washington, some lawmakers tried creating rules for facial recognition technology and for company audits to prevent discriminatory algorithms.\nIn January, about 150 lawmakers and their staffs packed a meeting, hosted by the usually sleepy A.I.\nThe Federal Trade Commission has brought enforcement orders against companies that used A.I.\nin violation of its consumer protection rules.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Instagram debuts age recognition AI in Canada. Some experts are skeptical","slug":"instagram-debuts-age-recognition-ai-in-canada-some-experts-are-skeptical","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:44.018420","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Social media giant Instagram is rolling out age-recognition AI tech into Canada as an option for users to verify their identities.\nHow does Instagram’s age recognition work?\n“We recently studied 21 different AI platforms that guess your age,” he said.\nIs Instagram’s age recognition secure?\nIt simply estimates their age.”Instagram also confirmed that after confirming a user’s age, Meta and Yoti will delete the data.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Love's Announces 1,500 New Parkking Spaces; BP Purchasing TA","slug":"love-s-announces-1500-new-parkking-spaces-bp-purchasing-ta","publishDate":"2023-03-03 01:35:13+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:43.723162","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Love’s Travel Stops announced its plan to open 25 new travel stops this year, creating 1,500 new truck parking spaces.\nThat equates to 60 new truck parking spots at each location.\nWhen drivers responded to the latest survey of industry concerns by the American Transportation Research Institute, the said truck parking was their number one concern.\nThe creation of 1,500 new truck parking spaces is easily dismissed as “ONLY 1,500” parking spaces by truckers who struggle daily to find a safe place to park at the end of their driving day.\nShortly before the bP deal’s announcement, TA had an announcement of its own.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Facial Recognition Pitches In To Help Cops Arrest A Maryland Man For A Crime He Didn’t Commit","slug":"facial-recognition-pitches-in-to-help-cops-arrest-a-maryland-man-for-a-crime-he-didnt-commit","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:43.478936","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"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.\nAccording to this report by Khari Johnson for Wired, facial recognition tech has played an integral part in another wrongful arrest of an innocent person.\nThanks to this failure, Maryland state senator, Charles Syndor, is, once again, seeking to block facial recognition tech use by government agencies.\nThe Baltimore PD is a fan of facial recognition and wholeheartedly embraces its arrival.\nFiled Under: alonzo sawyer, facial recognition, false arrest, maryland, maryland transit administration police
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Two states looking to limit nuclear verdicts","slug":"two-states-looking-to-limit-nuclear-verdicts","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:42.160943","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The bill has been sent to the Iowa House, where a similar bill has been passed through committee.\nThe passed Senate bill would limit noneconomic damages awarded in a civil lawsuit against trucking companies to $2 million, but it would not limit economic damages, such as lost wages or medical expenses.\nThe noneconomic damages limit would not apply if the truck driver was convicted or found to be in violation of drug and alcohol regulations in connection with the crash.\nWaymo and Aurora are requesting an exemption from the warning device placement requirements of 49 CFR 392.22(b), the utilization of a warning device that does not meet the steady-burning lamp requirement of 49 CFR 393.25(e), and the utilization of a warning device for stopped vehicles that is not currently identified in 49 CFR 393.95(f).\nSpecifically, Olier seeks a permanent exemption from the 10-hour break, the 14-hour driving window, the 11-hour driving limit, the 30-minute break requirement and the 70-hours-in-eight-days limit.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Feds conclude probe of TuSimple autonomous truck accident By Investing.com","slug":"feds-conclude-probe-of-tusimple-autonomous-truck-accident-by-investing-com","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:40.882833","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"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 closed its investigation into the heavily publicized crash of a TuSimple autonomous truck in April of 2022.\nAccording to reports, a driver-supervised autonomous truck took an unintended sharp left turn across a lane of westbound traffic on I-10 and struck a concrete barrier.\nThe safety driver tried to counter-steer the truck, which followed a computer-generated command that was several minutes old.\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration declined to open a separate probe, the company said.\n“After the incident, we halted autonomous operations, launched an internal review and collaborated with regulators.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The Big Guns: Analyzing the Heavy Equipment Market","slug":"the-big-guns-analyzing-the-heavy-equipment-market","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:39.460348","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Heavy equipment refers to large, complex machines that are used for heavy-duty tasks such as digging, excavating, lifting, and hauling.\nRequest for Free Sample Copy of Earthmoving Equipment Market Report @ https://www.persistencemarketresearch.com/samples/3723One of the key drivers of the heavy equipment market is the increasing demand for infrastructure development around the world.\nThe global earth moving equipment market is predicted to grow at a 6.7% CAGR in terms of volume between 2017 and 2025, according to Persistence Market Research’s study, “Earth Moving Equipment Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2017-2025.” Additionally, the industry is anticipated to generate an extra US$ 87.65 billion in potential over 2025 to reach US$ 207.6 billion in revenue.\nAccording to a Persistence Market Report (PMR) report, the global earth moving equipment market is expected to grow 1.6x in term of volume by 2025.\nFor in-depth competitive analysis, buy now @ https://www.persistencemarketresearch.com/checkout/3723Major Highlights of Earthmoving Equipment Market Report:Earthmoving Equipment Market analysis report offers an in-depth study of the potential market growth opportunities and challenges.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Self-driving truck tech company to lay off hundreds of workers in effort to cut costs","slug":"self-driving-truck-tech-company-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-workers-in-effort-to-cut-costs","publishDate":"2023-03-03 13:29:15-06:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:38.642332","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"One of that nation’s most prominent autonomous truck companies plans to lay off more than 200 workers, according to a Friday announcement.\nAccording to a March 3 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, San Francisco-headquartered Embark Trucks will lay off approximately 230 workers.\n“The decision was based on cost-reduction initiatives intended to reduce operating expenses,” the SEC filing states.\nTechCrunch reports that the workers were informed of the layoffs on Friday morning.\nEmbark trucks was founded in 2016 and describes itself as “the longest running self-driving truck program in America.”
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