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People are using it to try to understand the fog of war better.”</p> </figure><hr /><p><span>Also in The Washington Post, ABC News, the Las Vegas Sun, NBC 10 Philadelphia, WHEC-TV10 (the local NBC affiliate in Rochester, NY) and other media outlets. </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:news_list" data-inline-block-uuid="4e454852-acfc-4f63-ace1-88b190ab3ac6" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocknews-list"> <h2>More from Missy Cummings</h2> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-47cafbc0a0653b141ee912adc3ee07e920931fb91aae93c8822bd0c3e1b9714c"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="news-list-wrapper"> <ul class="news-list"><li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024-08/questions-about-safety-teslas-full-self-driving-system-are-growing" hreflang="en">Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">August 28, 2024</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024-08/how-ukraines-new-tech-foils-russian-aerial-attacks" hreflang="en">How Ukraine’s new tech foils Russian aerial attacks</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">June 24, 2024</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024-05/us-seeks-information-tesla-how-it-developed-and-verified-whether-autopilot-recall" hreflang="en">U.S. seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">May 7, 2024</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024-04/masons-new-marc-focuses-autonomy-robotics-and-responsible-ai" hreflang="en">Mason's new MARC focuses on autonomy, robotics, and responsible AI </a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">April 16, 2024</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024-03/2024-motortrend-power-list-auto-industrys-biggest-movers-and-shakers" hreflang="en">The 2024 MotorTrend Power List: The Auto Industry’s Biggest Movers and Shakers</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">March 4, 2024</div></div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/cummings-0" hreflang="en">Missy Cummings</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/381" hreflang="en">Mason in the Media</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18806" hreflang="en">AI and human factors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4666" hreflang="en">AI</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4656" hreflang="en">Artificial Intelligence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10741" hreflang="en">In the Media</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:45:05 +0000 Kristin Heydt 109831 at