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Tesla files suit against former engineer for allegedly stealing Project Dojo’s secrets

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According to Tesla, Yatskov downloaded confidential and tightly guarded information about Dojo on his personal devices. ” The former engineer was reportedly caught sending emails with classified Tesla information from his personal email address to his work email. .

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Trees are natural carbon sinks; they absorb carbon dioxide by photosynthesis, some of which is stored as carbon compounds in the wood—both during growth and even after harvesting, in the form of some wood products. Underground, forest soils and root structures store even more carbon. Calculating stored carbon; “additionality”.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.”

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Transparency Depends on Digital Breadcrumbs

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From the moment we wake up and reach for our smartphones and throughout the day as we text each other, upload selfies to social media, shop, commute, work, work out, watch streaming media, pay bills, and travel, and even while we’re sleeping, we spew personal data like jets sketching contrails across the sky.

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BMW Group sets out code of ethics for the use of artificial intelligence

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For example, the customer benefits from natural language processing (NLP) with the Intelligent Personal Assistant directly in the vehicle and employees are supported with translation tools and context-processing assistants in administrative processes. AI in requirements management. That’s an enormous amount of data.

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Huawei, JAC partner to target ultra-luxury pure electric vehicle market, report says

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"JAC is already learning from Huawei's management model, and even the vehicle development is following the IPD process," the person familiar with the matter said. billion yuan and is expected to be completed early next year, according to a previous tender document.

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Mercedes-Benz launches new private car-sharing scheme: Croove

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The relevant app will be available to download from December from the Apple iTunes store at first. Not long after launch though, there will also be an Android version in the Google Play Store, along with a desktop website for booking a vehicle. Croove is a smartphone-based platform.

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