Self-Driving · February 2016Gaffe level: Typo
Google's Self-Driving Car Crashed Into a Bus and Google Took the Blame
Google's autonomous Lexus misjudged a bus in Mountain View and sideswiped it, and Google admitted its car bore some responsibility. The robot driver learned about merging the hard way.
Source: Reuters
Google's Flood Hub Brings AI Flash-Flood Warnings to 2 Billion People
Google's Groundsource system forecasts urban flash floods up to 24 hours ahead, and through Flood Hub it now reaches 2 billion people in more than 150 countries. The Southern African Development Community used the beta version to request monitoring of flood events, and partners used the forecasts to warn of flooding in Vietnam three days before Typhoon Matmo made landfall.
Source: Seoul Economic Daily