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Lyft and nuTonomy form strategic R&D partnership to optimize passenger experience in self-driving cars

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Under the partnership, nuTonomy and Lyft will align their respective technology platforms to gather valuable research and insights into all aspects of ensuring a passenger’s comfort and safety during an AV ride—from routing and booking to the performance of the driving system and how it interacts and communicates with the rider.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. He also wrote Mechanical Filters in Electronics , the first book in a series about the design, fabrication, and uses of filters.

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Why AI Should Move Slow and Fix Things

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Joy Buolamwini ‘s AI research was attracting attention years before she received her PhD from the MIT Media Lab in 2022. In her new book, Unmasking AI : My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines , Buolamwini describes her own awakenings to the clear and present dangers of today’s AI. million views to date.