Aug 12, 2020 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles
EHang, an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) development company, has unveiled what it says is the world’s first large-payload firefighting aerial vehicle built to tackle fires in high-rise buildings. According to EHang, the expansion of dense cities and...
Aug 12, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Automakers Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors are betting billions that autonomous driving will get us moving again. The shock of losing air travel and public transportation has proven one sector of the American workforce to be especially resilient: the road...
Aug 12, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Hyundai’s autonomous vehicle joint venture with Aptiv has a new name: Motional. The company, which plans to test fully driverless vehicles for ride-hailing services later this year, said the new name is meant to evoke the “motion” of transportation as well as the...
Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
THERE ARE MANY photos of Tom Hanks, but none like the images of the leading everyman shown at the Black Hat computer security conference Wednesday: They were made by machine-learning algorithms, not a camera. Philip Tully, a data scientist at security...
Aug 6, 2020 | 5G, Business, Communications, Telecommunications
The carrier claims that its standalone 5G immediately increases its 5G footprint by 30 percent — and providing small towns with 5G for the first time. In all, according to the company, the standalone launch brings 5G “to nearly 2,000 additional cities and towns.” Read...
Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence
The National Institutes of Health has launched the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), an ambitious effort that will harness the power of artificial intelligence and medical imaging to fight COVID-19. The multi-institutional collaboration, led by the...
Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence
From targeted phishing campaigns to new stalking methods: there are plenty of ways that artificial intelligence could be used to cause harm if it fell into the wrong hands. A team of researchers decided to rank the potential criminal applications that AI will have in...
Aug 6, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Privacy
Ubiquitous facial recognition is a serious threat to privacy. The idea that the photos we share are being collected by companies to train algorithms that are sold commercially is worrying. Anyone can buy these tools, snap a photo of a stranger, and find out who they...
Aug 6, 2020 | Featured, Government, Privacy
Whether it is facial recognition technology being used in connection with COVID-19 screening tools and in law enforcement, continued use of fingerprint-based time management systems, or the use of various biometric identifiers for physical security and access...
Aug 6, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Moscow-based tech giant Yandex today announced it has expanded testing of its self-driving cars to Michigan. A fleet of Yandex’s driverless vehicles recently hit Ann Arbor city streets, including the company’s fourth-generation autonomous Hyundai...
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