With artificial intelligence,Google car drives itself

Google’s modified Toyota Prius uses an array of sensors to navigate public roads, including highways, without the aid of a human driver. Photographs by Ramin Rahimian For The New York Times

Mountain View, Calif. Google has been working secret, though in plain view of other drivers, on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver.