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Heroic Kansas Soldier Runs Over Active Shooter, Saves Lives, Vital Implications For AI And Self-Driving Cars Self-driving Vehicles

Heroic Kansas Soldier Runs Over Active Shooter, Saves Lives, Vital Implications For AI And Self-Driving Cars

Do we want AI to decide on harming humans? Getty Quite a harrowing moment occurred recently when a man with a rifle started randomly shooting at people while standing on the Centennial Bridge in Leavenworth, Missouri. A Kansas soldier that happened to be driving his car on the bridge, waiting…
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June 1, 2020
Amazon Could Compete Directly With Carmakers As It Makes Its Move In The Self-Driving Space Self-driving Vehicles

Amazon Could Compete Directly With Carmakers As It Makes Its Move In The Self-Driving Space

Amazon is expected to move into the transportation field, coming into direct competition with ... carmakers. (Photo illustration byJakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Jeff Bezos’s net worth jumped nearly 5% last month after Amazon’s stock hit a record high when the e-commerce leader registered unprecedented demand…
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May 31, 2020
Waymo to bring self-driving minivans back to Bay Area, but not for passengers Self-driving Vehicles

Waymo to bring self-driving minivans back to Bay Area, but not for passengers

Waymo’s self-driving minivans will return to San Francisco Bay Area streets, three months after the company stopped public testing of its autonomous vehicles due to the coronavirus pandemic.Waymo plans to relaunch its fleet of self-driving minivans into Bay Area streets on June 8, according to an email acquired by The…
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May 31, 2020
Amazon could use its possible acquisition of the self-driving car startup Zoox to make discounted robotaxi rides a perk for Prime subscribers, Morgan Stanley says (AMZN) Self-driving Vehicles

Amazon could use its possible acquisition of the self-driving car startup Zoox to make discounted robotaxi rides a perk for Prime subscribers, Morgan Stanley says (AMZN)

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. Amazon's reported interest in the autonomous-driving startup Zoox may signal a desire to one day launch a robo-taxi service, Morgan Stanley said in a note to clients published on Wednesday.The retail giant could offer…
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May 28, 2020
For Better Or For Worse, Ballot Harvesting For Election Voting Would Be A Cinch With Self-Driving Cars Self-driving Vehicles

For Better Or For Worse, Ballot Harvesting For Election Voting Would Be A Cinch With Self-Driving Cars

Controversy over vote-by-mail will continue in an era of self-driving cars. Getty There is a lot of controversy about ballot harvesting. First, some prefer to call it ballot collecting, since the word “harvesting” seems ominous and suggests a foul act. Others insist that due to the potential for the underhanded…
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May 26, 2020
Rusagro employs autonomous combine fleet for bumper Russian harvest Self-driving Vehicles

Rusagro employs autonomous combine fleet for bumper Russian harvest

Last year, AI development company Cognitive Technologies installed its self-driving systems into combine harvesters operated by Russia's largest agro holding company. The pilot proved successful, and the technology will now be rolled out to 242 combines over the next year or so.The joint venture between Cognitive, Sherbank and Rusagro will…
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May 26, 2020
After the pandemic, if you want to buy a car, you should seriously consider a Tesla. Here are some pros and cons. (TSLA) Self-driving Vehicles

After the pandemic, if you want to buy a car, you should seriously consider a Tesla. Here are some pros and cons. (TSLA)

The Tesla Model 3. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider When we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, some of us may take the plunge on car ownership.It's going to be easy to buy or lease a gas-powered vehicles, but the time couldn't be better for checking out an electric car.To that end, Tesla…
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May 24, 2020
Taliban leverages pandemic to burnish image as violence in Afghanistan surges Self-driving Vehicles

Taliban leverages pandemic to burnish image as violence in Afghanistan surges

Decades of war, political chaos, desperate poverty, and now coronavirus.A perfect storm has gathered over one of the world’s most benighted nations, Afghanistan, where ordinary citizens are facing a fresh form of misery.Taliban militants have announced they will keep fighting since they say there have been no confirmed cases of…
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May 23, 2020
Tesla Raises Price Of “Full Self-Driving” Option Again, This Time By $1,000 To $8,000 Self-driving Vehicles

Tesla Raises Price Of “Full Self-Driving” Option Again, This Time By $1,000 To $8,000

Tesla is once again raising the price of its “Full Self-Driving” option of its Autopilot system on its cars by $1,000 as of July 1, with CEO Elon Musk hinting that this price increase won’t be the last. That means that Tesla customers placing their orders on said date and…
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May 22, 2020