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moovel Group and SSB launching new mobility service in Stuttgart

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Named “Flex Pilot”, the service allows customers to book flexibly and on demand. The new on-demand service will be tested on selected days from 14 December 2017. The moovel Group “Flex Pilot” fleet will initially include ten Mercedes-Benz V-Class cars, which can be booked using an app.

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Daimler’s moovel Group acquires Familonet GmbH, provider of location messenger app Familonet

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moovel creates an operating system for urban mobility that offers access to various mobility services including booking and payment. Most services can be booked and paid for simply and directly via the moovel app. The Familonet app will still be offered in app stores worldwide. million users in Germany and the US.

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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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Volkswagen’s MOIA introduces electric ridesharing car for up to 6 passengers; 300km range

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In addition to the car, the system includes a customer app which passengers use to book and pay for a MOIA. The app shows which cars are available and how much the ride will cost before a customer books a trip. Luggage can be stored in an area next to the driver. Each car also offers fast WiFi for passengers.

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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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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

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In 2017, after taking charge of the Tata Group, Natarajan Chandrasekaran had mooted the ‘UniEVerse’ initiative, keeping sustainability at its core. EVs account for over a quarter of our business, and the order book is swelling.” Today, we cater to the entire EV market.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. You wrote a famous article in 2017, “ The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Prediction. “ He’s also turned it into a book. I’ve read it.

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