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How Do Automakers Handle Politics?

The Truth About Cars

In order to make a bit more sense of how automakers navigate this part of the business, we spoke with James Bell, the head of corporate communications for Kia. He ran us through how Kia and other automakers handle the challenges of the regulatory environment, especially with ever shifting fuel-economy and tailpipe-emission rules.

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Odds for auto startups are incredibly high; can Tesla beat them?

Green Car Reports

economy comes not from large corporations but from small startup companies, as economic data shows. Think Facebook or Google, or before them Microsoft or IBM or Kodak, or. Much of the energy and growth in the U.S.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

Cars That Think

This year’s report , published by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) , has an expanded chapter on responsible AI and new chapters on AI in science and medicine, as well as its usual roundups of R&D, technical performance, the economy, education, policy and governance, diversity, and public opinion.

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

Cars That Think

From the 19th century, through the 20th, and into the 21st, IBM was there, making HP, Microsoft, and Apple appear more like children or grandchildren of the IT world; Facebook, Google, and Twitter/X more like great-grandchildren. So let’s take a moment to contemplate the origins of an iconic corporation. And so it did.

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ITF launches global initiative to decarbonize transport

Green Car Congress

It is anchored in the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board, the organization’s platform for discussions with the private sector. The preliminary results of the project will be presented at the next ITF Summit in May 2017.

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

Cars That Think

Today, our digital economy runs on opaque systems that feed us content, control our access to information, determine our exposure to advertising, and mediate our online interactions. Yet the AI ecosystem is more than a handful of corporate labs. Congress and U.K. We’re unable to inspect these systems or build competitive alternatives.

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Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot

Cars That Think

Over the past year, Figure has hired more than 40 engineers from institutions that include IHMC, Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Waymo, and Google X, most of whom have significant prior experience with humanoid robots or other autonomous systems. We will design them to be able to adhere to industry standards and corporate requirements.

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