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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

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The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. It pitted established male EDA experts against two young female Google computer scientists, and the underlying argument had already led to the firing of one Google researcher.

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Transparency Depends on Digital Breadcrumbs

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From the moment we wake up and reach for our smartphones and throughout the day as we text each other, upload selfies to social media, shop, commute, work, work out, watch streaming media, pay bills, and travel, and even while we’re sleeping, we spew personal data like jets sketching contrails across the sky.

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Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts

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I was very happy and thankful that I got an award that honors a person I knew very well," Nahamoo says. The supercomputer was the first step to creating an AI machine that people could interact with as if they were speaking to another person, he says. Building such a machine, Nahamoo says, is "my interest, my love.".

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

Surge in EVSE essential EV sales are accelerating and are expected to grow exponentially , EV buyers taking personal action to fight the climate crisis , and/or discovering that EVs are safer, faster, more economical , and more fun to drive. In California, it is 134 mpg. not internet-connected) and networked (internet-connected).

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

The framework enables new set of vehicle APIs for developers, allowing them to interact with and build upon the infotainment systems in GM vehicles. Ford has been in a beta test with a group of invited developers as they work out details of the SDK, documentation and technical support systems. Ford Developer Program.

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

Cars That Think

However our governments choose to regulate AI, we need to promote a diverse AI ecosystem: from large companies building proprietary superintelligence to everyday tinkerers experimenting with open technology. We’re unable to inspect these systems or build competitive alternatives. Economic disruption is possible too.

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