Self-driving vehicles may be inherently racist because they're unable to detect dark-skinned faces in the dark, experts have warned. The independent body is drawing up the legal framework for the rollout of self-driving cars on UK roads. But autonomous vehicles can only be widely adopted once they can be trusted to drive more safely than human drivers. 'When it comes to autonomous cars, that technology must be accurate, precise and non-discriminatory,' Edmund King, president of AA, told the Times. Safety continues to be a major challenge for autonomous vehicles, which have undergone multiple trials globally.

Source: The Nation April 19, 2021 14:03 UTC