Soon your car may be able to give you a lifesaving nudge before you fall
asleep at the wheel. Major auto makers are testing driver-monitoring systems that determine if a driver is too tired or distracted to drive safely, and the first such systems could be available
next year. Such artificial intelligence systems that watch drivers and evaluate their fitness behind the wheel are designed in part to compensate for the auto industry’s embrace of
Internet-connected entertainment automation technologies that researchers say contribute to distracted driving.
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