UK Insurer Ageas Uses Artificial Intelligence to Manage Motor Claims
UK insurer Ageas has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help manage its motor claims in partnership with AI specialist Tractable. In what it describes as “a first” for the UK...
View ArticleStates Getting More Active on Autonomous Vehicle Rules, Says PCI Director
Thinking about the rules of the road for a time when autonomous vehicles dominate the landscape is probably like envisioning a horseless carriage on the plains of the Old West. But that won’t stop Bob...
View ArticleCrewless Ships: Safer, Faster, Cleaner, Cheaper Future of Shipping – Opinion
It sounds like a ghost story: A huge cargo vessel sails up and down the Norwegian coast, silently going about its business, without a captain or crew in sight. But if all goes as planned, it’s actually...
View ArticleJapan Readies Strategy for Drones, Autonomous Vehicles
Japan aims to finalize on June 9 plans to allow package delivery by drone sometime from 2020 and the commercialization of self-driving trucks by 2022, as it scrambles to breathe new life into its...
View ArticleLook on the Bright Side of Transition to Autonomous Driving
The advance of driverless cars and the prospect that they will disrupt property/casualty insurance and change the way autos are insured has created plenty of industry anxiety. Even before that point,...
View ArticleAutonomous Cargo Ships Expected to Revolutionize (Disrupt) Shipping
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, is studying the introduction of giant, automated cargo ships to carry everything from iron ore to coal as part of a strategic shift that may...
View ArticleUK Plans $1B-Plus Investment in Driverless & Electric Vehicle Technology
The UK government plans to invest more than 800 million pounds ($1 billion) in new driverless and zero-emission vehicle technology as it seeks to boost its economy while leaving the European Union....
View ArticleDoes Consumer Watchdog Founder Want Asimov-like Rules for Robot Cars?
A virtual grin arose on the face of Harvey Rosenfield with the mention of Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. The mention was made during a phone call, but the overwhelming satisfaction of a smile...
View ArticleXL Catlin’s Accelerate Unit Appoints Artificial Intelligence Expert from Tesco
XL Catlin announced the appointment of Ashish Umre as Accelerate partner, Artificial Intelligence (AI), based in London. Accelerate is XL Catlin’s internal disruption and innovation team, which was...
View ArticleGermany Pioneers Ethical Guidelines for Operation of Driverless Cars
Protecting people rather than property or animals will be the priority under pioneering new German legal guidelines for the operation of driverless cars, the transport ministry said on Wednesday [Aug....
View ArticleRobot-Car Drives in Berlin Traffic Like Nervous Teenager with Learner’s Permit
On a test route in Berlin traffic, an experimental Jeep Grand Cherokee slams on its brakes every few hundred yards, like a nervous teenager with a learner’s permit. In a sense, that’s exactly what the...
View ArticleCalifornia Commissioner Sums up Trump Battle, High on Cannabis Insurance
It’s David vs. Goliath. That about sums up California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ feelings on his efforts to keep the remnants of Obamacare up and running in his state while President Trump does...
View ArticleDubai Stages First Public Test of Drone Taxi Service with Electric Volocopter
Talk about rising above the masses. Dubai staged the first public test of its drone taxi service on Monday, offering a peek at what it might—or will—be like to commute by flying car. The self-piloting,...
View ArticleRio Tinto Plans to Use Driverless Trains to Ship Iron Ore in Australia
Rio Tinto is set to use driverless iron ore trains in Western Australia in 2018, the world No. 2 miner of the steelmaking commodity said on Monday after completing its first long-haul journey with a...
View ArticleCars Without a Human Behind the Wheel Coming to California Soon
California has taken another step toward permitting testing of self-driving vehicles without a human driver, continuing a shift away from previous policies that companies criticized as being overly...
View ArticleAlerts System for Tech-Connected Cars Planned for Ohio Turnpike
Officials are planning a new system of travel alert information for part of the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland with an eye toward a day when autonomous vehicles might regularly cruise the roadway. The...
View ArticleAlphabet to Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Michigan
Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo is expanding winter testing as it works to address a potential blind spot for autonomous vehicles: snowy and icy conditions. Waymo said that Michigan is the...
View ArticleHumans Must Fight the Driverless Dystopia: Viewpoint
Two iconic figures in the car industry — former General Motors head of product development Bob Lutz and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Chairman Carlos Ghosn — have recently outlined competing...
View ArticleUber, Transitioning to Fleet Operator, Orders 24,000 Driverless Cars from Volvo
Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo, marking the transition of the U.S. firm from an app used to summon a taxi to the owner and operator of a fleet of cars. The non-binding...
View ArticleAirbus Aims to Develop Single Pilot, Autonomous Aircraft to Cut Crew Needs
Airbus SE is looking to develop autonomous aircraft and technologies that will allow a single pilot to operate commercial jetliners, helping cut costs for carriers, Chief Technology Officer Paul...
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