Automated cars and AI: reasons why the tech industry must consider ethics | World Of Tech News | TechRadar. Imagine that you're in an autonomous car when a lorry jack-knives in front of you on the motorway while a cyclist appears alongside. The computer inside your car now has to choose between swerving out of the way and killing the cyclist, or remaining where it is and risking your life. What would it do? That would depend on the software's algorithms initially decided upon by a computer engineer, which throws into doubt the concept of the neutrality of the tech industry.
With AI and automation on the horizon, are ethics and philosophy are about to become as important to computer engineers as noughts and ones? Does the self-driving dilemma above have a correct answer? Transparent ethics "Make the ethics programming in an autonomous car transparent in order to set expectations with users and society, and be able to defend those programming decisions very well," is Lin's advice, but the actual morality boundaries are up for grabs. Taking responsibility Dirty secrets.
Car data privacy. 2015-02-06_MarkeyReport-Tracking_Hacking_CarSecurity%202.pdf. Connected cars are privacy and security threats? | Giulio Coraggio. Why cars are the next frontier for the Internet of Things. Vehicles aren’t just becoming roving WiFi hot spots, they’re becoming connected devices that eventually will be part of the Internet of Things, the growing trend of objects that interact with each other over the Internet. Having a SIM card embedded in a car isn’t new. One of the longest-standing examples is General Motor’s OnStar service, which has operated through a partnership with Verizon, one of the largest wireless providers in the United States. The GSM Association (GSMA) forecasts a sevenfold increase in new vehicles equipped with mobile connectivity by 2018, and expects growth to grow substantially beyond that.
Trying to lead the way is GM with its 4G LTE in-car Internet service designed to give the car its own data plan. OnStar doesn’t cost extra at the dealership; nor does it require an OnStar subscription. Customers get a three-month trial with a hard cap of three gigabytes of data to play with. “This is the future,” says Nelson. Report Sees Weak Security in Cars’ Wireless Systems. WASHINGTON — Serious gaps in security and customer privacy affect nearly every vehicle that uses wireless technology, according to a report set to be released on Monday by a senator’s office. The report concludes that security measures to prevent hackers from gaining control of a vehicle’s electronics are “inconsistent and haphazard,” and that the majority of automakers do not have systems that can detect breaches or quickly respond to them. “Drivers have come to rely on these new technologies, but unfortunately the automakers haven’t done their part to protect us from cyberattacks or privacy invasions,” said the senator, Edward J.
Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, whose office published the report after obtaining detailed information from 16 automakers. The report found that large amounts of data on driving histories are harvested, frequently without consumers being explicitly aware that the information is being collected or how it will be used. BMW Hack: the auto industry's big cyber-security warning sign [w/video] A cyber-security hole that left more than two million BMWs vulnerable may be the most serious breach the auto industry has faced in its emerging fight against car hackers.
Security experts are not only concerned that researchers found weaknesses inside the company's Connected Drive remote-services system. They're worried about how the hackers gained entry. German researchers spoofed a cell-phone station and sent fake messages to a SIM card within a BMW's telematics system. Once inside, they locked and unlocked car doors.
Other researchers have demonstrated it's possible to hack into a car and control its critical functions, but what separates this latest exploit from others is that it was conducted remotely. In an industry that's just coming to grips with the security threats posed by connectivity in cars, the possibility of a remote breach has been an ominous prospect. With the BMW hack, researchers compromised the car without needing physical access or proximity. BMWs With Connected Drive System Vulnerable to Hacker Attack. Acura MDX: Is the 2016 or the 2015 model the best choice? Even though the current-generation Acura MDX has been on sale for only two model years, significant changes arrive early for the 2016 model year, which is available now. Biggest among them is a s... Price cuts create new Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC base models General Motors is slashing prices on four models—Chevrolet Cruze and Equinox, GMC Terrain, and Buick LaCrosse—by introducing new base models with less equipment.
As with most cars... Pros and cons of aluminum cars and trucks As part of their ever-increasing efforts to maximize fuel economy, carmakers are frequently using aluminum for body panels instead of steel to save weight. Best safety performance A vehicle with good braking and emergency handling can help you avoid an accident. Best & worst three-row vehicles The main appeal of three-row vehicles is their ability to carry up to eight people and cargo, as well. Ford drives scheduling with artificial intelligence. At Ford Motor Co., managers were struggling to work out a schedule for the growing number of people in a three-year program for new hires fresh out of college. They were caught in a quagmire of employee requests, the need for rotational assignments and a growing number of participants and jobs. Even with a group of people working on the schedule, the project was taking too much time and effort -- and getting worse.
For Ford, the answer came from a new hire in the very program that needed fixing: artificial intelligence. While many people think of artificial intelligence, or AI, as something out of a sci-fi movie that has robots waging war on people, AI can be the answer for complex and weighty problems like scheduling. "It was [a problem] that was taking away time from people who didn't have time," said Leonard Kinnaird-Heether, an AI researcher at Ford who built the program. "There was a way to solve this. "We need to rethink AI," he said.
Ford Getting the grads Getting buy-in. EU DP draft regulation - Privacy Laws & Business. Vote on EU DP proposals now delayed Please login or register to see this full article. 10/05/2013 by: The lead rapporteur for the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) announced at a LIBE meeting on 6 May that the committee’s vote on the draft DP Regulation will be delayed due to around 3,000 amendment...
Comments: 0 EU DP compromise proposal would make life easier for companies 10/06/2013 by: The Council of the European Union, anxious to see progress with the draft EU DP Regulation before the Parliament’s summer recess, is suggesting a compromise deal which takes more of a risk-based approach. EU DPAs may be given discretion to decide level of fines 05/07/2013 by: A leaked document sent on 21 June from the Irish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers to the Data Protection Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX) reveals that the administrative fines in the planned EU DP regulati... 08/10/2013 by: 01/11/2013 by: BMW fixes security flaw in its in-car software. Top News BMW fixes security flaw in its in-car software Fri, Jan 30 15:21 PM GMT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German luxury carmaker BMW has fixed a security flaw that could have allowed hackers to unlock the doors of up to 2.2 million Rolls-Royce, Mini and BMW vehicles, it said on Friday.
BMW said officials at German motorist association ADAC had identified the problem, which affected cars equipped with the company's ConnectedDrive software using on-board SIM cards -- the chips used to identify authorised users of mobile devices. BMW drivers can use the software and SIM cards to activate door locking mechanisms, as well as a range of other services including real-time traffic information, online entertainment and air conditioning. The security risk occurred when data was transmitted, BMW said, adding it did not impede the car's critical functions of driving, steering or braking. BMW said it was not aware of any examples where the data had been used to compromise the security of a vehicle.
3 Reasons Google Inc.'s Driverless Cars Will Hit A Dead End (GOOG, GOOGL, MBLY) Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG ) (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) head of driverless cars, Chris Urmson, recently predicted that its driverless cars could hit public roads within two to five years. That bold declaration complements the tech giant's previous goal of putting at least 100 driverless vehicles on public roads throughout 2015. Yet Google doesn't have any car manufacturing aspirations. Instead, it will possibly sell its self-driving system to manufacturers, which would tether more users to its Google Maps ecosystem and ferry passengers across a Google-controlled smart grid. Google's driverless car. Source: Google. Google's prototype vehicle, which it unveiled last year, replaces the steering wheel, accelerator, and brakes with simple "stop" and "go" buttons. 1. Google must scan roads in high detail because the rotating laser on top of its vehicle, which "reads" its surroundings in 3D, can't process all of that information in real time.
BMW's i3 is equipped with MobilEye's crash avoidance system. 2. “Cheaper car insurance” dongle could lead to a privacy wreck. US researcher Corey Thuen decided to take a closer look at an add-on ICS device plugged into his car. ICS is short for Industrial Control System. That's a jargonistic cousin to SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and IoT (Internet of Things). The device Thuen thought was worthy of attention is a USB-drive-sized dongle that plugs into your car's OBD2 port. More jargon: OBD2, more properly written "Roman style" as OBD-II, stands for On Board Diagnostics, Version 2. It's a mandatory, easily-accessible, standardised data port on modern cars. Apparently, it's aimed at least in part at limiting what you might call "diagnostic monopoly.
" That's where car companies inhibit an open market in service, tuning and repair by keeping secrets about your car and your driving that you can't access yourself. (Sidenote: you had to break into the car as part of this "hack", for example by stealing the very key you wanted to bypass.) According to Forbes, Thuen concluded that: That's a lot of "No. " A New Year’s Path To The Networked Economy. Have you delayed a move to the networked economy? For some organizations, the root cause is an inability to break free from broken processes… and they precrastinate. I first saw this word early last year in an in-flight magazine, then again in a New York Times article, Sometimes, Early Birds Are Too Early. It means to “finish things sooner than needed.” In the New York Times article, the word described the behavior of university students in a decision-making study. The findings surprised the researchers. That’s precisely the case when you manage business transactions on paper.
The uncertainty of these transactions plagues buyers and suppliers, raises the costs of doing business, and prevents the kind of collaboration that can bring substantial benefits to both trading partners. In contrast, by participating in the networked economy, organizations devote fewer resources to transaction processing. That’s a New Year’s resolution more global organizations should embrace. BMW sounds alarm over tech companies seeking connected car data. BMW has warned that technology companies and advertisers are putting increasing pressure on carmakers to surrender data collected by connected cars, underlining the fine line being taken by the automotive industry between functionality and privacy.
Ian Robertson, the German manufacturer’s board member for sales and marketing, said every car rolling off its production lines now offered some form of wireless connectivity – which can yield information about location, speed, acceleration, even the occupants of the car. “There’s plenty of people out there saying, ‘Give us all the data you’ve got and we can tell you what we can do with it’,” he said on the sidelines of the Detroit motor show, adding that this included “Silicon Valley” companies, as well as advertising groups. “And we’re saying, ‘No thank you’.” About two-thirds of cars now come kitted out with sensors and communications systems that can send and receive data.
Connected cars - legal issues, risks and opportunities! Connected cars – legal issues and hurdles! Connected cars are expected to generate $ 131.9 billion by 2019 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34.7% from 2013 to 2019. But such growth shall face legal issues that not only affect data protection matters, but also have an impact on product liability issues, telecom law obligations, security and data loss risks. Connected cars are the subcategory of the Internet of Things relating to technologies that for instance can prevent accidents detecting other vehicles around the car or monitor the body conditions of drivers to prevent accidents if he feels sick or falls asleep.
Likewise, it refers to vehicles with self-parking technologies allowing them to autonomously park themselves and everyone has been amazed by Google driverless car. Data protection law obligations Data generated through the usage of connected cars are meant to be “personal data” if linkable to an individual. Telecom law obligations Cybercrime risks. Connected cars are accelerating consumer benefits and driving privacy issues. Each model year brings cars that are getting smarter and more connected, offering new safety features and consumer conveniences. By the end of the decade, one in five vehicles on the road will be connected to the Internet.
But for consumers to welcome these advances, they need to be sure their personal data will be handled in a trustworthy manner, as early research shows that considerable numbers of new car buyers are concerned about data privacy when it comes to car connectivity. To address those concerns, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers have come together to put forward a set of privacy principles for vehicle technologies and services.
These privacy principles set a responsible course for new uses of connected car data and should help avoid any privacy "bumps in the road. " The principles cover a wide variety of vehicular data, and they directly address some of the chief privacy concerns raised by new in-car technologies. Connected Cars: Navigating New Data Issues.