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Autonomous cargo ships can avoid collisions with other ships, AI helps visual effects workflows in the movie industry, inconspicuous AI system to flag guns in public spaces

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Autonomous cargo ship completes 500 mile voyage, avoiding hundreds of collisions

An autonomous 750-ton commercial cargo ship has completed a 40hr, 500-mile trial run in the “congested waters of Tokyo Bay” with minimal human intervention. The ship uses algorithms developed by Orca AI to identify other vessels and avoid collisions. During this init…