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Are Driverless Cars Safe? Elon Musk's Tesla 'Autopilot' Eyed By Concerned European Safety Regulators

International Business Times

Days after German regulators asked Tesla Motors to stop branding their vehicles as having "Autopilot" driver assistance systems, Dutch officials are concerned with the labeling, Reuters reported Monday. However, it is unclear whether they will also ask the automaker to rename the service. German officials raised their concerns with the naming over the weekend, saying in a letter to the automaker that, in "order to prevent misunderstanding and incorrect customers' expectations, we demand that the misleading term'autopilot' is no longer used in advertising the system." The German transport ministry also wrote a letter to Tesla owners to remind them to remain vigilant and attentive even while using the autopilot feature. "Tesla's autopilot operates in conjunction with the human driver to make driving safer and less stressful. This is how the term has been used for decades in aerospace: to denote a support system that operates under the direct supervision of a human pilot," a Tesla spokesperson later told Ars Technica.


Skin cancer: mass screening is out, but tech giants are in!

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A lack of progress with secondary prevention, in terms of skin cancer screening and early detection, is a concern and a source of some disappointment among the dermatologist community.1,2 Early detection and treatment of melanoma is critical to maximise survival.3,4 Nevertheless, recently and for a second time the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) found insufficient evidence to recommend visual screening of adults for skin cancer following a systematic review.1,5 Where does this leave us? It may feel like some kind of impasse, but it has been suggested that perhaps we simply need to shift our focus from secondary to primary prevention.1


Give a 3D printer artificial intelligence, and this is what you'll get

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A London-based startup has combined some of today's most disruptive technologies in a bid to change the way we'll build the future. By retrofitting industrial robots with 3D printing guns and artificial intelligence algorithms, Ai Build has constructed machines that can see, create, and even learn from their mistakes. When CEO and founder Daghan Cam was studying architecture, he noticed a disconnect between small-scale manufacturing and large-scale construction. "On one side we have a fully automated production pipeline," Cam explained at a recent conference in London. With the emergence of more efficient printing technologies, he thought there must be a better way.


Investing in Artificial Intelligence

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Something quite concerning is happening right now that threatens to cause a monumental rift in the American public... and ultimately the world at large. Contrary to what you might be thinking, I'm not referring to our current election cycle, or anything else having to do with the common, petty politics of today. What I'm talking about is something far more consequential than any modern political squabble. It's something that promises to shake the foundations of society in a way we have never seen before. It is an event that virtually everyone in my field of study agrees is coming.


Is The US Going To War? Somalia And Al-Shabab, Al Qaeda Affiliate, Targeted By Obama Administration

International Business Times

Amid Syria's five-year-old civil war and Iraq's push to expel the Islamic State group from its major cities, President Barack Obama has quietly reneged on promises of "no boots on the ground" in recent years. But another American ground battle lingers just outside of the spotlight, in Somalia. A campaign involving private contractors, drone strikes and up to 300 U.S. Special Operations troops against the al Qaeda offshoot group al-Shabab has been escalating there over the past year, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing "senior American military officials." Operations in the country, located in the eastern "Horn of Africa," are expected to expand, according to the Times, on top of efforts that have involved the Navy's SEAL Team 6, weekly raids with troops from nearby Kenya and Uganda and interrogation of prisoners. The American use of force there hasn't exactly been welcome. At the end of September, for instance, Somalia's Security Minister Osman Issa accused the U.S. of killing 22 Somali soldiers in an airstrike, the result of bad intelligence information.


Where the Machine Learning Jobs are in the UK

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Machine Learning is considered as the practical face of Artificial Intelligence. In another word, it's a type of AI that provides computers with the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. As the AI market is booming, let's take a look at where these geniuses are the most sought after in the UK. London is breaking the chart with a total of 856 Machine Learning-related jobs advertised at the moment, which is more than half the total amount of Machine Learning jobs in the whole of the UK. Eastern England and South East England follow the capital, both respectively looking to hire 142 and 133 Machine Learning specialists over the same period.


Now it's time to prepare for the Machinocene – Huw Price Aeon Ideas

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Human-level intelligence is familiar in biological hardware – you're using it now. Science and technology seem to be converging, from several directions, on the possibility of similar intelligence in non-biological systems. It is difficult to predict when this might happen, but most artificial intelligence (AI) specialists estimate that it is more likely than not within this century. Freed of biological constraints, such as a brain that needs to fit through a human birth canal (and that runs on the power of a mere 20W lightbulb), non-biological machines might be much more intelligent than we are. What would this mean for us?


Why we need to plan for a future without jobs

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The future of work in America is uncertain. What we know is that things are going to change. Technology will upend countless careers, workers across fields will be displaced, and it's not entirely clear how many jobs will be replaced. When driverless trucks are manufactured at scale, which will happen far sooner than many realize (as soon as five years), America's 3.5 million truck drivers will be suddenly dispensable. That doesn't mean that the profession of truck driving will disappear overnight, but it will shrink considerably.


Donald Trump's son-in-law working to launch 'Trump TV' station after election, report claims

The Independent - Tech

Donald Trump could be planning to launch a TV station soon after the election, according to new reports. Some have suggested that Mr Trump's plan for Trump TV might be his way of seizing on the fans he has cultivated as part of his election campaign. Mr Trump's campaign may even be partly motivated by a potential plan to establish a media empire, others have said. Mr Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has approached the head of LionTree, an investment bank experienced in media deals, according to the Financial Times. The conversation was brief and hasn't moved on since they spoke in the last couple of months, the paper reported, but Mr Kushner may have consulted with other people in the time since.


Tesla's Elon Musk pushes back 'unexpected product' reveal to Wednesday

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Tesla's much-anticipated new product announcement has been delayed by two days. Elon Musk was due to unveil an'unexpected product' later today. But the Tesla CEO said the big reveal will now take place on Wednesday as the secret product still needs some work. While Tesla is best known for its electric cars, the company has new products on the way. Many people on Twitter have speculated at what the new product could be.