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Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks
Are you using generative AI at Uber? AI is part of the Uber DNA. We use large models to predict…
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Uber’s Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Saga Ends With the Operator Avoiding Prison
While Vasquez and Uber may find some closure in the plea deal, self-driving expert Bryant Walker Smith says the NTSB…
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Politicians Need to Learn How AI Works—Fast
This week, US senators heard alarming testimony suggesting that unchecked AI could steal jobs, spread misinformation, and generally “go quite wrong,” in the…
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Self-Driving Cars Are Being Put on a Data Diet
Self-driving-car developers initially held a similar philosophy of data maximization. They generate video from arrays of cameras inside and outside…
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The Elusive Dream of Fully Autonomous Construction Vehicles
When will those trials lead to autonomous construction machinery doing real work on construction sites? “We’ll get there,” Weiss says,…
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Cars That Watch Their Drivers Could Reteach the World to Drive
In most cases, driver-monitoring systems use an infrared camera or cameras on a car’s dash, steering wheel, or rearview mirror.…
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Tesla’s 2023 Recall of Full Self-Driving Targets a ‘Fundamental’ Flaw
Tesla told the agency this week that customers had filed warranty claims matching the situations highlighted by NHTSA on at…
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Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco
For some residents of San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Ride-hailing services from GM subsidiary Cruise…
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Quantum Startups’ Stock Market Dreams Are Decohering
At the end of September, Rigetti reported $212 million in assets and a net loss of $49 million for the year to…
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Lyft Aspired to Kill Car Ownership. Now It Aims to Profit From It
Lyft customers know it as the bright-pink app to tap when they need a car ride or to rent a…
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