The Innovation Report
US Air Force and AI Spoofing
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is worried that artificial intelligence programs might have serious and unknown vulnerabilities that adversaries could exploit. In particular, the Pentagon is worried that the technology could not only be hacked, but could be...
FAA OKs Amazon Prime Air Drone Delivery
Amazon customers in the U.S. could soon have their deliveries completed by an unmanned drone. The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Amazon's Prime Air service, which will use drones to deliver packages. The FAA issued a "Part 135 air carrier certificate...
UL Joins Automotive Safety Council to Focus on Mobility Safety
UL, a leading global safety science company, has become a member of the Automotive Safety Council. The Detroit-based Automotive Safety Council is a trade association with membership representing autonomous, crash avoidance and occupant protection automotive safety...
AI and Autonomous Convenience Stores
As physical retail struggles amid the global pandemic, storeowners are rapidly trying to adapt to new realities that also include growing competition from Amazon. But a French startup called Storelift believes it can create a new convenience store concept...
Remote Work Leaves Companies More Vulnerable to Cyber Hacks
For company leaders who believe working from home offers a flawless future, NCC delivered a stark warning today. The tech company specialises in cyber security services, a market it estimates was already growing at around 8-9% a before the Covid-19 outbreak. Today it...
Artificial Intelligence: Here to Calm Your Road Rage
I am behind the wheel of a Nissan Leaf, circling a parking lot, trying not to let the day’s nagging worries and checklists distract me to the point of imperiling pedestrians. Like all drivers, I am unwittingly communicating my stress to this vehicle in countless...
Remote-Work Product Explodes as COVID Hits
California-based entrepreneurs rolled out a major update to their note-taking startup just as COVID forced the world to go remote. As user growth soared on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams — Fireflies.ai experienced a big bump in users. Founders Krish...
Researchers in UK Use AI to Discover 50 Planets
British researchers have identified 50 new planets using artificial intelligence, marking a technological breakthrough in astronomy. Astronomers and computer scientists from the University of Warwick built a machine learning algorithm to dig through old NASA...
AI Preserving Holocaust Survivor Stories
Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of that war and of the liberation of...
Creating a Gig Economy for Out-of-Work Pilots — Flying Drones Instead of Planes
With mass layoffs at US air carriers expected this fall, airline pilots like Michelle Bishop are anticipating the unwelcome reality that pilots like herself may soon be left without stable work. “I’m just trying to fly as much as I can, while I can, because I love...
