Summary
This week on Tech Life, we speak to the company behind an AI safe driving device that's fitted to thousands of delivery vans and fleet vehicles around the world. Using cameras and an onboard AI system, it assesses how safely a vehicle is being driven. And it warns both the driver, and their manager, if it spots a serious safety risk inside or outside the vehicle.
Also this week, we find out about cargo drones parachuting humanitarian aid into parts of central Africa. And what can children tell us about AI ?
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Presenter: Chris Vallance Producer: Tom Quinn Editor: Monica Soriano
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| 0:00.0 | Get closer to the action with live commentary from the world's greatest sporting events on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:06.1 | It is all over! |
| 0:08.4 | Bulls are edge, caught behind. |
| 0:10.6 | Including cricket Super League, women's Euros 2025, Wimbledon, Formula One and much more. |
| 0:17.6 | It's all right to the lights and foot to the floor. |
| 0:20.0 | Oh, what a done it! Drop shots! |
| 0:22.9 | Winner! On five sports extra, sports extra two and sports extra three. Listen, only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service, the programme about technology and how it affects our lives |
| 0:36.6 | wherever you live in the world. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Chris Valence. |
| 0:40.4 | This week, how would you feel if an AI in your car watched you drive, |
| 0:45.6 | raising the alarm if you fiddled with your phone or got too close to the vehicle ahead? |
| 0:50.5 | How would you feel if it told your boss how safely you drove? |
| 0:55.0 | And sticking with AI, we'll hear what children think of the artificial intelligence-filled future they're growing up into. |
| 1:02.4 | Children run a group who are likely to be most impacted by advances in AI technologies, but at the same time they're the group who are least represented in decision-making. |
| 1:10.1 | And getting medical supplies into hard-to-reach places in Central Africa |
| 1:14.6 | with a drone that's cut its teeth, delivering the mail to Scottish islands. |
| 1:20.3 | For the first time, you can deliver long-distance, relatively high payload, |
| 1:26.3 | and do it completely autonomously. Okay, well, let's get this show on the road. |
| 1:52.4 | Imagine you're driving a van, doing a steady 50 miles an hour |
| 1:56.1 | when you decide to take your eyes off the road and fiddle with your phone. |
| 2:00.7 | How would you feel if your vehicle suddenly instructed you to do this? |
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