Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study finds

Long before all vehicles become self-driving, AI could drastically improve traffic conditions. Traffic jams could become a thing of the past when even as few as 5% of cars are driven by robots.

Weizi Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 • ~5 min

AI has a large and growing carbon footprint, but there are potential solutions on the horizon

Technological approaches could help reduce the carbon impact of artificial intelligence systems.

Shirin Dora, Lecturer, Computer Science, Loughborough University • conversation
Feb. 16, 2024 • ~8 min

Driverless cars: stopping dead seems to be a default setting when they encounter a problem — it can cause chaos on roads

Self-driving cars still perceive what’s going on very differently to how humans do.

Barry Brown, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, Stockholm University • conversation
Jan. 3, 2024 • ~7 min

Tesla's recall of 2 million vehicles reminds us how far driverless car AI still has to go

Autonomous driving technology needs to be able to think and behave more like a human.

Saber Fallah, Director of Connected Autonomous Vehicles Lab at the University of Surrey, University of Surrey • conversation
Dec. 14, 2023 • ~6 min

Google's Gemini AI hints at the next great leap for the technology: analysing real-time information

Learning about the world from live events is the next step for AI.

Lars Erik Holmquist, Professor of Design and Innovation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~5 min

Your car might be watching you to keep you safe − at the expense of your privacy

Your car’s safety technology takes you into account. But a lot of that technology helps car companies collect data about you. Researchers are working on closing the gap between safety and privacy.

M. Hadi Amini, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~7 min

Driverless cars: what we've learned from experiments in San Francisco and Phoenix

Trials in US cities of self-driving taxis could have implications for road users around the world.

Jack Stilgoe, Professor of Science and Technology Policy, UCL • conversation
Feb. 24, 2023 • ~7 min

HGV driver shortage: remote-controlled lorries could prevent future logistical nightmares

‘Teleoperated’ HGVs combine the efficiency of automation with the safety of human oversight.

Giedre Sabaliauskaite, Associate Professor, Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 • ~7 min

Your driver-assist system may be out of alignment... with your understanding of how it works

Tesla crashes and the investigations that follow generate a lot of headlines, but the dangers of automotive automation are industrywide. The common denominator is the human behind the wheel.

Steve Casner, Research Psychologist, NASA • conversation
Sept. 22, 2021 • ~9 min

Embrace the unexpected: To teach AI how to handle new situations, change the rules of the game

Humans often stumble when they encounter the unexpected, but they tend to adapt and move on. Artificial intelligence systems, not so much.

Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California • conversation
April 7, 2021 • ~9 min

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