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Truckers Think Automation Won’t Take Their Jobs for 40 Years. Silicon Valley Strongly Disagrees.

The disconnect about the timing for the arrival of such technology, and the political forces it may unleash, reveals a massive split in how the groups believe the transport industry will evolve.

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Uber’s New AI Team Is Looking for Shortest Route to Self-Driving Cars

Data has become the currency of artificial intelligence—conventional wisdom says the more information your machines can learn from, the better they’ll be. But what if Uber could do less with more?

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Alphabet DeepMind Invites Developers Into the Digital World Where its AI Learns to Explore

Even a fledgling AI needs a place to play.

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Video: How AI Tech Is Used to Take Down Poachers

Rangers can now see in the dark.

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Google Proved AI Can Reshape Medicine

Certain algorithms can often make a diagnosis with an accuracy on-par with medical professionals.

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Fact Check: 2016 Government and Tech Predictions

Revisiting predictions from January.

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Tech That Will Change the Customer Experience Game

Forrester Research expects augmented and virtual reality will be customer experience game-changers.

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Yes, Big Data Did Triumph on Election Day

One computer forecasting system predicted Trump’s victory—the one with the least human input.

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How Government Gets Ready for Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality

Two new digital communities will coalesce around new burgeoning technologies in an effort to promote interagency collaboration, partnerships with industry and to exchange ideas about what works.

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When Will Robots Take All the Jobs?

There isn’t much evidence from today’s statistics that human workers are on the verge of a historic shift. But just wait until the next recession.

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Self-Driving Car Startup Cancels First Product Because Dealing With Regulators and Lawyers 'Isn’t Worth It'

A warning to all self-driving car startups: You might have to deal with the government.

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Video: Inside a Robotic Parking Garage

Parking yourself is so 2015.

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AI-Enhanced Security Cameras Will Soon Be Able to Catch You Texting and Driving

These smart cameras can catch behavior such as leaving a suspicious package in a public place, driving while distracted by mobile devices, and break ins.

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Researchers Are Teaching Artificial Intelligence How to Terrify Humans

Can machines learn to scare us?

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Air Force Doesn’t Know How to Test Its Future Robotic Wingmen

How do you surprise a drone that can revise its strategy hundreds of times in an eyeblink?

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GSA Organizing New Artificial Intelligence Group

The community of practice will focus on how artificial intelligence can improve citizen services.

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Should Human-Operated and Automated Vehicles Have to Meet the Same Standards?

It's a tough question, says one policymaker.

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Video: Obama on How We'll Embrace Self-Driving Cars

The president discusses the role the government should play as autonomous vehicles hit the road.

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Video: Obama Discusses His Artificial Intelligence Fears

How much does the 44th president think about Skynet?

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White House: Federal Agencies Need Their Own Artificial Intelligence Labs

Artificial intelligence could also lead to unintended consequences that need to be explored.