Shanghai has become the first city in China to allow autonomous cars to carry passengers and freight, hinting at the nation’s progressive attitudes to the viability of robots on the road. While fears around driverless vehicles persist, IRL demonstrations may help normalise the tech.

Still seen as something more suited to a sci-fi film, driverless cars have yet to be embraced by the general public. Halo, an autonomous vehicle company, is looking to change that – building trust with the launch of a driverless car-hailing service and easing people into the innovation.

Algorithms have become central to discovering new music and products online – but are machine-led recommendations always welcome? Canvas8 spoke to Chiara Longoni, an assistant professor at Boston University, to understand how people’s goals impact their willingness to trust AI.

Trial shoppers in San Jose, California can order their groceries through an app and have them delivered to their door by self-driving vehicle company AutoX. While many people have an inherent distrust of AI-powered passenger vehicles, could ‘last mile’ delivery be a logical application of this technology?