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Renault Group and Google partner on digital architecture for software-defined vehicles

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Renault Group and Google announced an expanded partnership aimed at designing and delivering the digital architecture for the “Software Defined Vehicle” (SDV) and accelerating the group's digitalization.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. Friends of his who were working on such projects at Google in Mountain View, Calif., Kim saw a role for his expertise in the endeavor—he has a Ph.D.

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Elon Musk tried to merge Tesla and OpenAI, emails reveal

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In 2018, Musk left OpenAI’s board and cited a potential conflict with Tesla’s own AI effort as the reason for severing ties with the company at the time. Even then, the probability of being a counterweight to Google is small. Musk forwarded an email from a person whose name has been redacted. It just isn’t zero”.

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Tesla’s own former AI engineer trolls the company: ‘full self-wiping’

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In 2023, he brought his talents to Google DeepMind. It has been deployed in Tesla vehicles since 2018, but many owners have been complaining that it is not as accurate as other systems using rain sensors. Electrek’s Take I know he is just joking, but he has a point.

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In 1989, General Magic Saw the Future of Smartphones

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The user interface of the Motorola Envoy does that for me, even though I never owned one, or indeed any personal digital assistant. Skeuomorphic design began to wane in the mid-2000s, as Microsoft, Google, and Apple embraced flat design. At its heart, General Magic was attempting to transform personal communications.

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen AG has set the goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable carmaker by the year 2018. VW’s “Strategy 2018”, earlier post.) It is also easy to find addresses by Google search and integrate them into navigation. Progress has also been made in the area of personalization. Interactive systems.

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Four Benefits of EV Charging at Your Medical Office Building

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Your staff can save on maintenance costs and reduce their personal carbon footprint! One 2018 Pew Research Center survey found that “rural Americans live an average of 10.5 EV charging stations at your workplace allow your doctors, nurses, technicians, and other medical staff to charge up at work. for those in urban areas.”