Baidu Wins Approval for Fully Driverless Cars in Wuhan
Baidu has secured permits to operate China’s first-ever fully driverless licensed robotaxis. The company which is the operator of the...
Amazon Takes Another Step into Home Automation with iRobot Acquisition
Amazon announced the acquisition of robotic vacuum manufacturer iRobot for around $61 per share or $1.7 bn including the net debt of the...
Google’s DeepMind AI Can Predict the Structure of Almost All Known Proteins
DeepMind built an algorithm called AlphaFold, which by analyzing the chemical makeup of thousands of known proteins and their 3D shapes,...
UK Approves Plans for World’s Largest Automated Drone Super-Highway
The UK is set to become home to the world's largest automated drone superhighway within the next two years after the government approved...
Google Engineer Claims AI Reached Sentience and Hired a Lawyer For Itself
Suspended Google engineer Blake Lemoine made the news globally in June when he publically claimed that one of the company's experimental...
Amazon Will Use Drones to Deliver Packages near San Francisco
Amazon said that after receiving approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Lockeford officials, it would launch its...
Cruise Automation Robotaxis Literally Grind to a Halt in San Franciso Stop
Cruise Automation robotaxis all stopped working for a number of hours on the last Tuesday of June. The sudden issue meant cars were...
AI Model Training is 2x Faster Than it Was A Year Ago With New Technology
A study of the time it takes to complete a set of commonly used machine learning training benchmarks collectively called “MLPerf” has...
FIFA Will Use AI to Determine Off-Side Infringements at 2022 World Cup
FIFA the world governeing body for Football which organises the World Cup every four years has announced that it will use cutting edge AI...
Mercedes-Benz Rolls out Level 3 Autonomous Driving Tech in Germany
In May 2022, Mercedes-Benz launched sales of its Drive Pilot system in Germany. The system is capable of operating at SAE Level 3...
