If you’ve taken an ethics course in the last dozen years, you are probably familiar with the Trolley Problem, a thought experiment devised by the late British philosopher Philippa Foot. If you have ...

From 2018 to 2024, there were more than 278,000 motor vehicle traffic fatalities. That number will likely appear in future public policy textbooks in a section on “Mistakes in Emerging Technology ...

Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov, imagining a future of artificial intelligence, pictured the 21st century as dominated by humanoid robots. He’s perhaps best known for his three laws of robotics, ...

A new survey finds support for stronger safety standards for self-driving cars, following fatal crashes involving Ford ...

Re “Three rides in a Waymo and I was taking driverless cars for granted” by Jeff Jacoby (Ideas, Jan. 18): There are many groups with medical issues who would be liberated by the availability of ...

A recent viral TikTok showed a self-driving Waymo make a left turn across multiple lanes of rapidly-incoming traffic while its passengers screamed and cursed. It was a driving maneuver you’d hope your ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Driverless cars are coming to Charlotte, but the company’s robo-taxis are raising safety questions around the country. A Waymo self-driving car blocked the path of ...

The technology behind a parking deck slated to be built near downtown Raleigh could someday open the door for driverless ...