Medtem ko je nemški prometni minister ustanovil etično komisijo za proučevanje vpliva samovozil na potrebe po spremembah zakonodaje, se na drugi strani Atlantika drugo ministrstvo z novimi tehnologijami ukvarja malo drugače. Pravosodno ministrstvo ZDA ima zdaj formalizirano delovno skupino, ki proučuje vpliv samovozil, interneta stvari itn. na nacionalno varnost.

The U.S. Justice Department has formed a threat analysis team to study potential national security challenges posed by self-driving cars, medical devices and other Internet-connected tools, a senior official said.
The new group's goal is to secure the so-called "internet of things" from exploitation by “terrorist threats” and by others who might try to hack devices to cause loss of life or achieve political or economic gain, according to Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department’s national security division.
He cited the July truck attack in Nice, France, in which 86 people were killed, as an example of how automated driving systems could present a national security threat if they were remotely hijacked.
"The internet on wheels ... clearly is going to present national security risks as this transformation takes place,” Carlin said.
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Meanwhile, in Cupertino, California, USA: NYT poroča, da v obgrizenem jabolku očitno niso čisto prepričani, kako se lotiti samovozil, ali pa svoja prepričanja prilagajajo času. Morda pa še niso prepričani, kako patentirati obliko samovozila pravokotnega tlorisa, ravnih površin in zaobljenih robov. :-)

Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts.
In a retrenchment of one of its most ambitious initiatives, Apple has shuttered parts of its self-driving car project and laid off dozens of employees, according to three people briefed on the move who were not allowed to speak about it publicly.
The job cuts are the latest sign of trouble with Apple’s car initiative. The company has added resources to the project — code-named Titan — over the last two years, but it has struggled to make progress. And in July, the company brought in Bob Mansfield, a highly regarded Apple veteran, to take over the effort.
Apple employees were told that the layoffs were part of a “reboot” of the car project, the people briefed on it said. An Apple spokesman declined to comment.
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