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Traditional automation technologies alone are not sufficient to enable driverless operation of trains (called Grade of Automation (GoA) 4) on non-restricted infrastructure. The required perception tasks are nowadays realized using Machine Learning (ML) and thus need to be developed and deployed reliably and efficiently. One important aspect to achieve this is to use an MLOps process for tackling improved reproducibility, traceability, collaboration, and continuous adaptation of a driverless operation to changing conditions. MLOps mixes ML application development and operation (Ops) and enables high frequency software releases and continuous innovation based on the feedback from operations. In this paper, we outline a safe MLOps process for the continuous development and safety assurance of ML-based systems in the railway domain. It integrates system engineering, safety assurance, and the ML life-cycle in a comprehensive workflow. We present the individual stages of the process and their interactions. Moreover, we describe relevant challenges to automate the different stages of the safe MLOps process.

However, the increasing prominence of AI has implications for every corner of the economy. From retail to transport, here's how AI promises to usher in a wave of change across industries. Monitoring weather patterns, managing pests and disease, working out the need for extra irrigation, or even which crops to grow where: many farmers believe agriculture is fertile ground for artificial intelligence. Many food producers are using AI to collect and analyse data in their efforts to improve productivity and profitability. AI's capacity for combining and analysing large datasets is already supplying farmers with real-time information on how to improve the health of their crops and increase yields.

The high profile race to enhance their search products has underscored the importance of artificial intelligence to Google and Microsoft – and the rest of the economy, too. Two of the world's largest tech companies announced plans for AI-enhanced search this month, ratcheting up a tussle for supremacy in the artificial intelligence space. However, the debut of Google's new chatbot, Bard, was scuppered when an error appeared, knocking $163bn (£137bn) off the parent company Alphabet's share price. The stock's plunge showed how crucial investors think AI could be to Google's future. However, the increasing prominence of AI has implications for every corner of the economy.

Last summer, a 30-car freight train led by three diesel locomotives rumbled down the tracks for 48 miles through the Colorado desert -- with nobody at the controls. But this was no runaway train. In fact, the experiment could be a preview of the rail industry's future. The demonstration at the Transportation Technology Center -- a research and testing facility owned by the Association of American Railroads -- was the debut of driverless train software produced by one of the oldest companies in the industry. Along for the ride were representatives from some of America's largest freight railroads who in recent years have been intrigued by the many ways artificial intelligence (AI) could be applied to one of the nation's oldest industries.

With massive breakthroughs in smart technologies being reported every month, it won't be long until our transport industries are dominated by AI. Here are just some of the ways artificial intelligence is changing the face of transport, and what we can expect in the near future. Autonomous cars have quickly moved from the realm of sci-fi into reality. Though still in the early stages, these AI-driven vehicles could drastically change how we get from A to B in the near future. From plowing snow to collecting garbage, self-driving trucks could soon be taking over a lot of our dirty work. The technology behind these trucks could also be utilized in freight, capable of transporting 2,000,000 pallets a year each.

One of the biggest advances in transportation has been self-driving technology, which has facilitated breakthroughs in not just self-driven cars, but even driverless trains, self-flying planes and self-navigating ships. Rio Tinto, an Australian mining corporation, has unveiled the first operational driverless train in Western Australia, even before China, which has its own similar automated train in the works. The train completed its first run of 100 kilometers (62 miles) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, without anyone manning the train. "This successful pilot run puts us firmly on track to meet our goal of operating the world's first fully-autonomous heavy haul, long distance rail network, which will unlock significant safety and productivity benefits for the business," Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Chris Salisbury stated in the press release issued Monday. "New roles are being created to manage our future operations and we are preparing our current workforce for new ways of working to ensure they remain part of our industry."

With the growth of artificial intelligence, the fears of many have started to become a reality as jobs start falling to the machines. Many technologists and government officials will see the emergence of the digital era as a chance to score political points through job creation, however one has to ask whether the scale of the challenge is appreciated. For Dik Vos, CEO at SQS, the rapid evolution to the connected economy could see as many as 30% of the population being made redundant and in need to retraining. "The real impact will be seen in five to seven years but already in 2017 there will be greater disruption to the community and more jobs taken over by software," said Vos in an interview with Telecoms.com. "There will be a huge group of people who will be caught out when the rate of development goes much faster than we anticipated."

Trains with a guard become driver-only trains, which then become driverless trains. That's the fear underlying Aslef's dispute with Southern railways and accounts for the rearguard action to prevent further job losses across the rail industry. There is also scorn for Southern's management, which has attacked drivers' basic terms and conditions, and there is anger at transport secretary Chris Grayling's anti-union stance. But, at its heart, the dispute is over the status and even the very existence of the job of train driver, which has been around for nigh on 200 years. Like most people, train drivers will have read the screaming headlines warning of a robot revolution that spells the end for millions of jobs.