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Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

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million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 An important part of the activities of R&D China is to capture and process the local traffic conditions and practices for the development of automated driving functions. China is the largest automobile market in the world.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. He also is an adjunct assistant professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he wrote The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law. The patent’s owner, AI pioneer Stephen L.

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Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

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The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. Los Angeles, United States: The Parking Lots 2.0

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The report concluded that “ damage from climate change, perhaps immense damage, is likely to be part of the Australian reality of the 21 st century and beyond.” “ Bretton Woods plus Yalta, multiplied by Reykjavik. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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The pilot program is now available at five airports, including La Guardia Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. Nightjet , part of the Austrian federal railway, ÖBB, started running a sleeper train between Berlin and Paris in December, while the French rail operator, S.N.C.F.,

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