Robotics company Nuro has been field-testing delivery via autonomous vehicles (AV) in Houston.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2019
Engineers are racing to program artificial intelligence to recognize different scenarios that human drivers know inherently.
The Washington Post From ACM News | November 11, 2019
The U.S. Defense Innovation Board has published a set of ethical principles for how military agencies should design weapons enabled by artificial intelligence and...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 11, 2019
Two companies have partnered on an autonomous shuttle service to transport commuters between a Metro station and locations in Reston, VA.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2019
Two U.S. congressmen created an artificial intelligence-doctored political video to demonstrate the threat such disinformation presents.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 3, 2019
Google has launched an artificial intelligence-powered tool that automatically detects grammar mistakes while messages are being composed in Gmail, and auto-corrects...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2019
The Atlantic League was the first U.S. professional baseball league to use a "robot" umpire, at its recent All-Star Game.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2019
A computer in the press box communicated to the umpire whether each pitch was in or out of the strike zone, and the umpire relayed the calls to the field as usual...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 11, 2019
U.S. federal investigators using facial-recognition technology to search millions of Americans' state driver's license photos, without their knowledge or permission...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 10, 2019
Police in Washington County, OR, have used a facial-recognition algorithm from Amazon to publicly test new surveillance techniques for more than a year.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2019
Design firm AKQA used artificial intelligence to create a new game that combines elements of rugby, croquet, soccer, and Ultimate Frisbee.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 30, 2019
Vandals hacked the audio files of scooters in Australia, to make them generate profanities and racist speech.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2019
Paris firefighters used a 1,100-pound, tank-like robot to mitigate damage to Notre Dame cathedral and prevent the conflagration from spreading further by entering...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 19, 2019
U.K. startup Wayve said it has created an autonomous vehicle that can learn to drive the way a human does, through trial and error, using cameras and satellite...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2019
Researchers at Toyota Motor have developed a robot that can make free throws and three-point shots on a basketball court.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 8, 2019
A Stanford University scientist coined the term artificial intelligence. Others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it, such...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 18, 2019
If Kaspersky, Huawei and ZTE are suspected of helping Russia and China spy on U.S. government computer systems, they shouldn't be allowed near sensitive academic...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | March 13, 2019
New predictive analytics technologies are helping researchers protect turtles, albatrosses, whales, and other endangered species from fishermen.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 8, 2019
A prototype self-driving air taxi from Boeing's research and development unit completed its first flight in Manassas, VA, last week.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2019
George Mason University students will soon have a fleet of 25 autonomous wheeled robots delivering meals to them across campus.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2019