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An RDM Group-made driverless pod, outside the FISITA Plus conference at London County Hall

Electric driverless cars could make petrol and diesel motors 'socially unacceptable'

FISITA PlusConnected vehicle folk ought to spend less time worrying about the trolley problem and more time concentrating on connected tech instead, Transport for London's Michael Hurwitz told the FISITA Plus mobility engineering conference this morning.
Gareth Corfield, 13 Jul 2017
Girls with bubbles photo via Shutterstock

'Many' ways to create artificial intelligence. Just ask the UK's AI businesses

Nothing brings a smile to the face of Sabine Toulson – co-founder in 1995 of Intelligent Financial Systems – faster than the notion that AI and its associated technologies are “something new”.
Marcus Gibson, 13 Jul 2017
Steady-Hand Eye robot

Robo-surgeons, self-driving cars face similar legal, ethical headaches

Like transportation, medicine is becoming more automated, for better or worse
13 Jul 05:54

YASA* looks at turning commercial buildings into Internet things

'Fairhair' is *Yet Another Standards Alliance, but at least it cares about security
13 Jul 05:31

An AI can replace what a world leader said in his video-taped speech. This will end well. Not

VideoFinal stepping stone to irrefutable fake news?
41 Comments
12 Jul 23:40

AI vans are real – but they'll make us suck at driving, warn boffins

Transport brainboxes urge UK.gov to keep eye on tech
74 Comments
12 Jul 11:57

If at first you don't succeed, you're Microsoft pushing its magical white space broadband

AnalysisThis time, Brad, this time
10 Comments
11 Jul 21:31

Better mobe coverage needed for connected cars, says firm flogging networking gear

Nokia's well aboard the zeitgeist bandwagon
20 Comments
11 Jul 13:28

DARPA cracks wallet to open heads: Brain interface projects get Uncle Sam's backing

It's hoped cutting-edge tech will bridge broken senses
10 Jul 22:13

Google's Larry Page faces four-hour grilling in Waymo-Uber spat

Ad giant's head sucked into self-driving car trade secrets saga
10 Jul 20:29

Is this a hotdog? What it takes for an AI to answer that might surprise you

Don't boil the ocean
32 Comments
10 Jul 09:01

Good luck building a VR PC: Ethereum miners are buying all the GPUs

Once the tap turns on again, GPUs will restore PCs and edge computing to glory
67 Comments
10 Jul 07:30

Waymo now way less: Robo-ride upstart drops patents in Uber battle

Theft of trade secrets allegations will be the focus in self-driving car case
07 Jul 21:29

Zero accidents, all of your data – what The Reg learnt at Bosch's autonomous car bash

PicturesRoving reporter returns from test track in deepest Baden-Württemberg
100 Comments
07 Jul 11:00

On the couch with an AI robo-doc asking me personal questions

Something for the Weekend, Sir?How long have you been having these delusions?
36 Comments
07 Jul 07:58

Now Uber sued for textual harassment

Plus: Waymo? Way no! Levandowski swerves doc demand in trade secrets trial
06 Jul 23:49

Google blows $800k on bots to flood the UK with 30,000 'articles' a month

Templated stories sourced from gov databases to push web ads. Welcome to your dystopia
68 Comments
06 Jul 20:14
Money cloud

Microsoft offers cloud to Baidu, gets autonomous car in return

Self-driving project could be a smart move by Redmond
11 Comments
06 Jul 16:02
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Putting the machines to work for you might be easier than you think...

EventStretch your non-Artificial Intelligence at MCubed
06 Jul 10:32
woman kissing robot

It's time for a long, hard mass debate over sex robots, experts conclude

Society has yet to – and perhaps never will – come to terms with creepy kid love dolls
120 Comments
06 Jul 06:28

Opinion

Money for nothing by dire straits

Good luck building a VR PC: Ethereum miners are buying all the GPUs

Once the tap turns on again, GPUs will restore PCs and edge computing to glory
steampunk-looking robot smokes pipe. pic shutterstock

On the couch with an AI robo-doc asking me personal questions

Something for the Weekend, Sir?How long have you been having these delusions?
36 Comments
07 Jul 07:58

Nokia touts future of virtual reality ads... but who's the audience?

OpinionCan you pick up product, examine it from all sides? Not yet
19 Comments
03 Jul 08:34
Tesla model S

Robots will enable a sustainable grey economy

Oldies will retain mobility and independence when Teslas can self-drive them to work or be sent out to do the shopping
93 Comments
29 Jun 07:02

News

China's Baidu, GPU monster Nvidia cuddle up at Beijing dev bash

Robo-ride car tech will use Drive PX 2 hardware, plus other bits from the conference
05 Jul 19:48

DeepMind needs to think about the broader implications of its tech – report

Also: Docs might be Snapchatting your scans to colleagues
10 Comments
05 Jul 15:05

New work: Algorithms to give self-driving cars 'impulsive' human 'ethics'

RoTMIt's just preliminary research, don't freak out
91 Comments
05 Jul 10:55

Time to rethink machine learning: The big data gobble is OFF the menu

What size do big things start? Small
25 Comments
05 Jul 08:32

Why, Robot? Understanding AI ethics

Maybe we're headed for a robo-pocalpse, but let's deal with these other problems first, eh?
42 Comments
04 Jul 11:01

Megacorp GSK inks AI drug development deal with Brit firm

Exscientia claims approach IDs candidates quicker
03 Jul 11:10

Nokia touts future of virtual reality ads... but who's the audience?

OpinionCan you pick up product, examine it from all sides? Not yet
19 Comments
03 Jul 08:34

Big question: Who gets the blame if a cyborg drops a kid on its head?

Boffins demand panic button to control wacky brain-machine interfaces in the future
23 Comments
30 Jun 06:04

Inmarsat flings latest Wi-Fi-on-airliners satellite into orbit

European Aviation Network connectivity project continues
13 Comments
29 Jun 15:30

One month left to save big on our ML and AI extravaganza

EventsThinking ahead to save on artificial intelligence
29 Jun 12:16

The bloke behind Star Fox is building a blockchain based casino. No, really

Jez 'Argonaut' San puts on his poker face for El Reg grilling
24 Comments
29 Jun 08:24

Robots will enable a sustainable grey economy

Oldies will retain mobility and independence when Teslas can self-drive them to work or be sent out to do the shopping
93 Comments
29 Jun 07:02
Knight Rider

US trade watchdog boss goes all Kendrick Lamar on self-driving cars

Sit down Kitt, be humble
28 Jun 22:19

Blunder down under: self-driving Aussie cars still being thwarted by kangaroos

Hopping critters gave our sensors fits, says Volvo
118 Comments
27 Jun 23:01

Skynet? More like Night-sky-net. AI hunts for Milky Way's turbo stars

Code churns through millions of heavenly objects spotted by Euro Gaia spacecraft
27 Jun 07:03
Woman looks in rear view mirror. Photo by SHutterstock

Catch up with fast-moving automotive developments at FISITA PLUS

PromoMobility conference maps the future
26 Jun 12:42
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IoT coverage for 95% of UK by 2019? We can't even do 4G, Sigfox

French firm and new pals WND announce, err, ambitious plans
23 Jun 11:55

Breaking news, literally: Newspaper's quakebot rumbled for fake story

Software glitch led to algorithm emitting 90-year-old info
21 Comments
22 Jun 20:16

Waymo: We've got a hot smoking gun in Uber 'tech theft' brouhaha

As taxi app maker staff demand T-Bone Kalanick is restored to the throne
Young robot studying photo via Shutterstock

Gov.UK pops open tin of AI and robotics research cash

Government opens Industrial Strategy linked funding call
22 Jun 14:22
logo for mcubed conference

Putting AI to work in finance? Think algorithms, ethics first

EventsMore speakers join MCubed Lineup
22 Jun 12:14
Zombies photo via Shutterstock

Numbers war: How Bayesian vs frequentist statistics influence AI

Not all figures are equal
32 Comments
22 Jun 09:00
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