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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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Personalized, private AI so seamless you might forget it’s “AI” at all. Local inference acts as a gatekeeper for something that’s likely to become key for all personalized AI assistants: privacy. “If Rewind can transcribe a video, recover information from a crashed browser tab, or create summaries of emails and presentations.

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NREL study focuses on growing use and impacts of ride-hailing services at airports

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In a new study, NREL researchers focused on the key observability aspects of new modes and the rate of shifts in mobility patterns across airports in the regions of San Francisco, Portland, Denver, and Kansas City—all US DOT Smart City Challenge finalists. —Josh Sperling, NREL co-author.

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Drive Electric Awards 2022, wrapped!

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We present the Drive Electric Awards to those nominated and recognized for their leadership each year, such as U.S. Awardees who were not able to attend the ceremony in person submitted an acceptance video that was played during the awards ceremony. Winners: Portland, Oregon. Linda Nicholes Lifetime Achievement Award: .

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Air Quality: Easy to Measure, Tough to Fix

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Portland, Ore., LG led its presentation with personal air purifiers instead of televisions. Harry Campbell. The summer of 2020 brought wildfire to. as it did to so many other cities across the world. All outdoor activity in my neighborhood ceased for weeks, yet staying indoors didn't guarantee relief.

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World Builders Put Happy Face On Superintelligent AI

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The first, a solo effort by Rebecca Rapple of Portland, Ore., But in the present scenario being imagined, many people live in AGI-organized “digital nations” that they can join regardless of their physical locations, and which bring many health and social benefits. Those AIs, in so many words, are not AGI.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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This paper presents a quadrotor prototype of this concept and the design details and realization in practice. AngGo is a personal mobility device that is suitable for the movement of passengers in huge indoor spaces such as convention centers or airports. The user can use both hands freely while riding the AngGo. Arrue, and A.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives.