Honda Motor Co. is preparing this year to become the first Japanese automaker to launch a vehicle with "level 3" autonomous driving, according to sources familiar with the matter. Level 3 autonomy frees up the driver to engage in different activities, such as reading or watching TV. Honda's car is expected to offer such hands-off capabilities only in slow traffic on congested expressways, the sources said. Audi AG already sells cars capable of level 3 autonomy in Japan, with self-driving available at busy times on expressways. Honda's car will likely be introduced after Japanese carmakers jointly test autonomous vehicle operations on public roads in Tokyo around July, they said.

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration took measures on Friday to crimp exports of artificial intelligence software as part of a bid to keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of rival powers like China. Under a new rule which goes into effect on Monday, companies that export certain types of geospatial imagery software from the United States must apply for a license to send it overseas except when it is being shipped to Canada. "They want to keep American companies from helping the Chinese make better AI products that can help their military," said James Lewis, a technology expert with the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. The measure covers software that could be used by sensors, drones, and satellites to automate the process of identifying targets for both military and civilian ends, Lewis said, noting it was a boon for industry, which feared a much broader crackdown on exports of AI hardware and software. The measure is the first to be finalized by the Commerce Department under a mandate from a 2018 law, which tasked the agency with writing rules to boost oversight of exports of sensitive technology to adversaries like China, for economic and security reasons.

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CHICAGO--An artificial intelligence machine-learning program has demonstrated the ability to accurately forecast which head and neck cancer patients are likely to experience severe weight loss, necessitating the use of a feeding tube, researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston told attendees at the 2019 ASTRO Annual Meeting (Abstract 141). It marks the first time that such a sophisticated "self-teaching" computer algorithm has accurately identified patients likely to develop problems eating, said Jay Reddy, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and lead author of the study. "With head and neck radiation, a lot of toxicity occurs; however it's not always clear which patients will experience serious side effects," he told a press conference. Reddy and his colleagues used machine learning models to analyze large datasets from three sources--electronic health records, an internal web-based patient charting tool, and the hospital's records and verification system--in an effort to discern and eventually predict patients with weight loss exceeding 10 percent of total body weight, the need for a feeding tube, and/or any unplanned hospitalization within 3 months of radiation. Machine learning is a relatively powerful application of artificial intelligence (AI)–think facial recognition software--by which a computer program can automatically learn and improve itself by analyzing large quantities of data.

In September last year, a video made the rounds of the Internet showing an astronaut taking giant slow-motion leaps on what appeared similar to the surface of the Moon. However, the parody was highlighted soon when an auto rickshaw was seen passing nearby tumbling across the unstructured road filled with potholes. While the video taken by a Bengaluru artist left many netizens in splits, the artist's unique way of shedding light into the city's perennial pothole problem was lauded heavily. These deaths were out of 9423 accidents that year, in which 8792 people suffered grievous injuries such as bone fractures and slip discs. Adding insult to injury, the number of road accidents due to potholes was unfortunately more than the fatalities caused by the terrorist attacks, noted the Supreme Court.

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The United States has been slow to adopt artificial intelligence technology, but according to a new study from IBM, this could change rapidly in 2020. IBM's General Manager for Data and Artificial Intelligence, Beth Smith, joins The Final Round to discuss the results of the company's study.