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Honda begins joint research with Boston University in information security for AI; secure MPC

Green Car Congress

Honda Research Institute (HRI), a Honda R&D subsidiary, and Boston University have agreed to begin joint research in the area of data security and privacy for artificial intelligence (AI) research. In order to enable AI to cooperate with people, personal information about the users must be collected and analyzed. Honda noted.

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Hyundai Motor Group puts Spot to work at Kia’s plant in South Korea

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The Robot is based on Boston Dynamics’ quadruped robot, Spot, with applied artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous navigation, teleoperation technologies, and computing payload (AI Processing Service Unit) developed by the Group’s Robotics Lab for the Robot’s usage in various industrial tasks.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Boston said three more U.S. Update 14 Oct. That license plate frame sporting a dealership name, sports team logo, or your favorite superhero?

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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As fate would have it, George was spotted in Boston one day by an acquaintance of the human trafficker who had once held him in bondage. A Black Boston minister paid to free him. Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery.

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Brussels Airport just added 700 EV chargers and they don’t have idle fees

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If the driver uses Interparking’s Pcard+ pass, there isn’t a connection fee. If I left my EV for weeks at Logan Airport in Boston, with just 58 charging stations, it’d probably get towed.) Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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So who was this unknown person? The identity of the person between Solomonoff and Shannon remained a mystery for some time. The Minsky Family Between Solomonoff and Shannon is the unknown person. He assured me that the unknown person was not his father. Grace Solomonoff So the unknown person must be Milner!

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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Yesterday, six companies that build or support sophisticated mobile robots (led by Boston Dynamics). Along with Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree, Boston Dynamics’ letter seeks to ensure that its robots are used safely and ethically, in a way that helps rather than harms.

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