Ford is giving Google and Uber veterans $1 billion to build a self-driving car brain

Ford announced plans today to invest $1 billion over the course of five years into a new, previously unheard of artificial intelligence startup called Argo AI. The company, which has operated in secret out of its Pittsburgh headquarters for months, was founded by...

Trump finds a government institution he likes — and it’s one conservatives can’t stand

Pushback is emerging among conservative Republicans over President Donald Trump’s apparent support for the Export-Import Bank, an institution they have pilloried as a giveaway to big businesses. The Ex-Im bank, as it’s called, assists U.S. companies’...