Waymo, Google/Alphabet's autonomous vehicle project, has been hosting the Open Dataset Virtual Challenge annually since March 2020. The competition uses Waymo's freely accessible dataset of annotated autonomous vehicle data, inviting computer scientists to solve machine learning and vision problems. The challenge is part of the Grand Challenges of AI, which aim to promote accountable and commercially viable advancements. The article explores six key themes that illustrate how these challenges shape AI research and development. The study reveals how challenges have historically and presently shaped the evolving landscape of self-driving and AI technologies.
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