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🚗 Is Ford's Driving Tech Facing a Bumpy Road Ahead?

🚗 Is Ford's Driving Tech Facing a Bumpy Road Ahead?

Megan Phillips
April 30th, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Welcome to Today’s Newsletter!

Today:

Hands free driving has led to crashes
Last day for April’s book club pick
What is Google’s Gemini?
GPT - Photorealistic- Ready to see your ideas in stunning detail?

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AI Matters Top News Pick

Is Ford's Driving Tech Facing a Bumpy Road Ahead?

Safety Concerns in the Spotlight

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating Ford's BlueCruise system after two fatal accidents involving the tech. Both incidents occurred at night with the vehicles crashing into stationary objects.

Tech Details and Immediate Reactions

BlueCruise enables hands-free driving on certain roads, using eye-tracking to ensure driver attention. Following the crashes, Ford is cooperating with the NHTSA to examine the system's performance, particularly how it monitors and manages driver focus.

Global Perspective

While similar tech is being tested in the UK, where it's legal to remove hands from the wheel under specific conditions, the recent US incidents have sparked renewed scrutiny of these systems globally.

The Department for Transport declined to comment on the new US investigation, but said the approval for Ford’s BlueCruise system for use in the UK was issued following a rigorous examination and assessment process.

The Future of Autonomous Driving

The incidents raise questions about the readiness of such technologies for mainstream use, highlighting a tension between innovation and safety in the development of autonomous vehicles.

AI Matters News Highlights

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Google’s Gemini: Learn more about the what Gemini is, what it can do, how much it costs and whether it will be a bigger hit than Bard was, use the link to access the article

Is the Mexican wave the future of dance routines?: Researchers have developed a new way to instruct dance in virtual reality. They believe the typical difficulty in instructing and dancers adopting dance moves in Realtime can be helped by the introduction of the Mexican Wave theory, giving dancers enough time to comprehend and plan for the upcoming chorography moves

US Government’s fuel saving predictions: The US department of Energy new tool, the Argonne National Laboratory is able to estimate for drivers the the amount they will save in fuel costs by driving an electric vehicle, specific to ZIP code locations

GPT Of The Day

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A marketer requires a visual for a new coffee blend advertisement	"Generate a realistic image of a steaming mug of coffee, with beans scattered around on a rustic table, early morning light streaming through a nearby window."
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Cons
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AI Matters Bits and Bytes

AI Matters Book Club - April

Dive into the World of AI with Our Monthly Book Club!
This month’s pick is:

Hello World - By Hannah Fry

Each month, we explore a fascinating book that sheds light on the many facets of artificial intelligence, from its ethical dilemmas to groundbreaking innovations.

"Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms" by Hannah Fry is a thought-provoking exploration of how algorithms and artificial intelligence influence our decisions and shape the modern world, urging a balance between human intuition and machine intervention.

Don't miss out — it's time to get reading!

AI Matters Jargon Buster

“Artificial Intelligence (AI)”
A branch of computer science that aims to create machines that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence, such as recognizing speech, making decisions, and translating languages.

This day in history

30th April 1897
J.J. Thomson announced that he had discovered the electron: English physicist J.J. Thomson announced that he had discovered the electron, which helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure; he later was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.