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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), an M.S. He received a B.S.

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Hero Electric Partners with BOLT to set up 50,000 EV Charging Stations across India

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The partnership will help both Hero Electric and BOLT achieve their shared goal of providing a robust,affordable and accessible EV charging infrastructure to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in the country. BOLT is India’s largest EV charging network, comprising the universal BOLT Charging Point and the BOLT Operating System.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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A few years ago, Martin Ford published a book called Architects of Intelligence , in which he interviewed 23 of the most experienced AI and robotics researchers in the world. Right now, an experiment might be in seven figures, but it's not going to go to nine or ten figures, it's not possible, nobody can afford that. Evan Ackerman.

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The Saudi Dilemma: To Cut Or Not To Cut

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This suggestion is not universally accepted. Saudi Arabia cannot afford another slump in oil prices,” he warns. “It million bpd, which was 770,000 bpd more than the average daily loadings rate for October and much higher than the last 2018 high of 7.766 million bpd booked for June. shale oil. Kemp agrees.

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A $275 Bus Ticket to the Hamptons

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She added that Hudson Yards was chosen as the Streamliner’s starting point with the hope that some Hamptons-bound people who work there will opt for a bus ride instead of driving or booking a chauffeured car. This level of service is commensurate to what you would see in private aviation,” she said.

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How ChatGPT Could Revolutionize Academia

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Such content, therefore, likely can avoid detection by traditional plagiarism tools—which creates a concern for universities about how to assess students’ learning and skill development. It could be argued that the open nature of ChatGPT has leveled the playing field between those who can and can’t afford to pay for the services.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Latimer literally wrote the book on electric lighting at Edison’s urging: Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System was published in 1890 by the Van Nostrand Company, a leading publisher of trade, technical, and scientific books in the 19th century.

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