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A team at the University of California, Santa Cruz has published new research showing how visual-language AI models that help control self-driving cars can be exploited or hijacked with carefully ...

Self-driving cars often seem like something pulled straight from science fiction. The idea that a vehicle can steer, brake, and navigate traffic without human input still feels futuristic to many ...

After a crush of promises in 2016 that autonomous cars would soon rule the road, companies whose tech underpinned them have shifted to other industries, like managing shipyards and city traffic. By ...

Self-driving cars are becoming more common on the roads, with several U.S. cities now making them a part of their public transportation. This technology is far from perfect, however, with some recent ...

Self-driving cars often struggle with with situations that are commonplace for human drivers. When confronted with construction zones, school buses, power outages, or misbehaving pedestrians, these ...

Self-driving cars are transforming mobility with Level 3 autonomy allowing drivers to remove their eyes from the road under certain conditions. By 2026, DOT regulations have modernized standards, ...

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There are a number of issues that need to be considered when it comes to self-driving cars, including consumer trust, crash data, urban planning implications, and the environmental costs of ...