The solution to all of our autonomous driving issues could lie on the iconic Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, which is in its fourth year, has returned to offer a select few college students a chance to develop and perfect their own self-driving technology. Students from 21 universities across nine countries compete to see whose self-driving tech will carry their team past the checkered flag on race day.
Not only does the winning university get to compete for bragging rights and a $1 million prize, the tech they develop could also be brought to market for commercial use.
The students push the race cars to their physical limits, sometimes topping speeds of 170 mph. The hope is to identify how autonomous capabilities degrade over time so that they can be perfected for commercial use.
"I would probably say rather than implement unique strategies, we're all trying to be the best at perfecting our bugs and our problems. We're trying to do it quicker than the rest to achieve that basic autonomy," Stephanie Meyer, team lead at Autonomous Tiger Racing, told Cheddar News.
She also said the one of the biggest goals is to change public perception about autonomous driving and reassure them that it can be a safe and fun technology to use.
Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built.
Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that a surveillance system it used incorrectly identified potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.
Tesla drivers in the U.S. were in more accidents than drivers of any other car brand this year, according to a study.
Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business announced this week.
The White House is lending its support to an auto industry effort to standardize Tesla’s electric vehicle charging plugs for all EVs in the United States.
A group representing several big tech companies is suing Utah over state laws about children's social media use.
A new study published in the journal Behavior and Information Technology reveals less time on social media makes people happier and more efficient at work.
Google has agreed to pay $700 million to settle an anti-trust settlement.
Apple announced that starting this week, it will stop selling some versions of the Apple watch in the U.S.
The European Union is investigating Elon Musk's X over alleged illicit content and disinformation on its platform. Cheddar News breaks it all down and discusses what it could mean for users.
