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TomTom: Global traffic congestion up; Bengaluru world’s most traffic-congested city

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This global increase in congestion, despite being an indicator of a strong economy, is understood to cost economies billions. In time, the rise of autonomous vehicles and car-sharing services will help alleviate congestion, but planners and policymakers can’t afford to sit and wait.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. Terrestrial solar is now the cheapest electricity , he says, and marine solar could become even more affordable because there’s no need to purchase land.

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Toyota develops “Total-care Service” for ride-hailing companies; rollout with Grab in Singapore

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Grab believes that every Southeast Asian should benefit from the digital economy, and the company provides access to safe and affordable transport, food and package delivery, mobile payments and financial services.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

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A simple keyword- or rules- based rating system for evaluating the responses is affordable and scalable, but isn’t adequate when models’ responses are complex, ambiguous or unusual. Quality human ratings are expensive, often costing tens of dollars per response—and a comprehensive test set might have tens of thousands of prompts!