Samsung is testing self-driving car technology in South Korea

Samsung's ambitions to be a player in the self-driving car space aren't new, but today the company hit a big milestone. The company's home country of South Korea has approved Samsung's plans to test self-driving cars on real roads, not just test courses. Instead, the company is working on developing sensors and computer parts that are backed up by its artificial intelligence and deep learning software. The car itself that'll be hitting the road is a Hyundai customized with Samsung's own gear, but little else is known about exactly what sort of technology Samsung is providing. It sounds like a similar situation to Apple's own self-driving car that hit the road in Silicon Valley recently -- though Apple's Lexus is using plenty of off-the-shelf parts right now, it also likely contains some custom hardware of software on board.