The company insists it will not be rushed. That's a glaring contrast to Uber's hard-charging efforts, which skidded to a halt after one of its self-driving test cars killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018. It's also notably different from Tesla, which incrementally updates its "Autopilot" software for cars that are already on the road, while casually reminding drivers that "Autopilot" doesn't mean the car is fully autonomous. Waymo's more measured approach could indeed be a savvy move: The Edelman Trust Barometer shows that consumer confidence in autonomous vehicles is low. In this year's edition of the survey, only 54 percent of respondents in 27 markets worldwide said they trust AVs.

Recently, scientist Gagandeep Kang had to forcefully remind a room full of senior colleagues -- all men -- that she was the chair and that they should speak only when their turn comes. This kind of thing happens all the time, and you become so inured to it that you don't realise it," she says. Kang is the first Indian woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Society, but even that, evidently, does not protect you from microaggressions from men. It is a reminder of the kind of bias that women in science have to deal with. Prejudice at many levels is one reason why there are far fewer women scientists than men in the higher echelons of science in India. A 2016-17 report, "Status of Women in Science Among Select Institutions in India: Policy Implications", supported by NITI Aayog, found that while women constitute over a third of science graduates and postgraduates, they make up only 15-20% of tenured faculty across research institutions and universities in India. "As a group, it is not easy for women to stay in science. Only 14% of scientists are women," science writers Nandita Jayaraj and Aashima Dogra write in their recent book, 31 Fantastic Adventures in Science: Women Scientists in India. However, there are women who have beaten odds and shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings. This special feature looks at nine such women who are doing critical work in science and technology in India. They work on an array of complex problems -- in fields ranging from quantum computation to paleoecology. Neuroscientist Vidita Vaidya is looking to decode how experiences and the environment affect the circuits in our brain, which might offer a clue to how we develop psychiatric disorders. Aditi Sen De, the first woman to receive the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in physical sciences, is working on different aspects of quantum communication, a field that uses the laws of quantum physics to protect data. This is by no means an exhaustive list of exceptional women scientists, but they are representative of the brilliant minds that have striven and made it to the top and become exemplars. As Kang says, "If you see role models, you see areas you can aspire to.

At OSN New York 2019, Darius Moshfeghi, MD, discusses the progress being made around the world in research into artificial intelligence, deep learning and big data in the areas of diabetic and pediatric eye disease, among other areas of medicine.

Canvasing software logs is tricky business when you're juggling multiple dev environments. About 50% of logging statements don't include any information about critical things like variable state at the time of an error, according to GitHub and OverOps surveys, which is perhaps why developers spend an estimated one fourth of their time -- more than a full day out of the work week -- on troubleshooting. This unfortunate state of affairs motivated Lior Redlus, Ariel Assaraf, and Guy Kroupp to found Coralogix in 2014. The San Francisco-based startup provides AI-imbued analytics solutions addressing a host of software delivery and maintenance challenges. Its suite automatically clusters log records back to their patterns and identifies connections among those patterns, forming baseline flows for comparison and future study.

Don't look now, but artificial intelligence is watching you. Artificial intelligence has tremendous power to enhance spying, and both authoritarian governments and democracies are adopting the technology as a tool of political and social control. The potential of AI surveillance is the subject of the third installment of the Sleepwalkers podcast. The episode examines how AI consolidates power and control, and asks if we can limit this troubling trend. Data collected from apps and websites already help optimize ads and social feeds.

Welcome to our Artificial Intelligence CMS Insights section, which provides some hot topics from CMS about artificial intelligence (AI). AI is opening up transformational opportunities in all areas of human activity, but at the same time poses unique risks for companies, governments and society as a whole. These opportunities and legal risks present a wide range of ethical, legal and regulatory challenges. The scope, speed and nature of the response to these challenges, will have a significant impact on the success of AI in contributing to prosperity in a manner that balances human well-being and economic growth. There are many questions that relate to AI including what is artificial intelligence?

Dogs have served alongside police officers for decades, sometimes even sacrificing their own lives in order to save their human partners. Robots are a fixture of law enforcement, too, most notably in bomb situations. But now, a police force in the United States has tested the capabilities of a robot dog for the first time -- and civil liberties experts are raising the alarm. According to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts State Police leased a Spot robot dog from Boston Dynamics for 90 days ending on November 5, 2019. In August, the organization filed a public records request for any documents relating to the agency's use of Spot, as well as any records relating to its "plans for, acquisition of, and/or use of robotics" since 2015.

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AWS extends Alexa voice controls to low-powered devices Las Vegas, Dec 1 (IANS) To the delight of third-party developers, Amazon"s Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to bring Alexa voice control capabilities to low-powered devices. Currently, Alexa Voice Service (AVS) has a minimum requirement of at least 100MB of on-device RAM and an ARM Cortex "A" class microprocessor, reports SiliconANGLE. Amazon is also expanding the capabilities of itsAAWS IoT Greengrass service, which extends AWS functions to connected devices. "When you know the state of your physical assets, […]

How will technological change affect the quantity and quality of future jobs? It is difficult to know. The issue of whether there will be enough jobs in the future receives substantial attention, mainly because of the well-publicized experiences of manufacturing workers whose jobs have been displaced by the introduction of robotics. It also reflects a long-held societal anxiety that machines will replace us. The consensus among most scholars, however, is that jobs are not going away.