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Mercedes-Benz and Bosch start San José pilot project for automated ride-hailing service; automated S-Class

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They will use an app developed by Daimler Mobility AG to book a journey by the automated S-Class vehicles from a defined pick-up point to their destination. Mercedes-Benz and Bosch hope this trial will provide valuable insights into the further development of their SAE Level 4/5 automated driving system.

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Deep Learning Can’t be Trusted Brain Modelling Pioneer Says

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Now, in a new book, IEEE Fellow Stephen Grossberg argues that an entirely different approach is needed. Grossberg attempts to explain in his nearly 800-page book how “the small lump of meat that we call a brain” gives rise to thoughts, feelings, hopes, sensations, and plans.

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GM and IBM bring OnStar and Watson together for new cognitive mobility platform: OnStar Go

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Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give millions of GM drivers the ability to connect and interact with their favorite brands. These capabilities will be available in more than two million 4G LTE connected vehicles and millions of GM vehicle brand app-enabled mobile devices in the US by the end of 2017.

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Dr. ChatGPT Will Interface With You Now

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He and ended up writing a book about it with Peter Lee , Microsoft’s corporate vice president of research and incubations, and Carey Goldberg , a science and medicine journalist. What I didn’t share in the book is that it argued with me. You described in the book your first impressions. And it really didn’t back down.”

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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prismatic cells—each of them about half the size of a paperback book—or long, flat pouch cells. Market launch is scheduled to begin in 2017. The company hopes to launch AWC in 2017. The next expansion stage is planned for 2017 when the mild hybrid will be rolled out on the basis of 48 volts.

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GPT-4, AGI, and the Hunt for Superintelligence

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Koch has a background in both AI and neuroscience and is the author of three books on consciousness as well as hundreds of articles on the subject, including features for IEEE Spectrum and Scientific American. But it can take those very smart people, like Albert Einstein, years to complete their insights and finish their work.

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Oge led the team that authored the 2010-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards, and described the process in her 2016 book, Driving the Future. Under President Obama, we set the first set of standards [for model years] 2012 to 2016, and the second set for 2017 to 2025.

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