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What happens when an autonomous vehicle gets stuck in the mud? Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University wanted to find out. They took an all-terrain vehicle off-road. With researchers on board, it traveled through challenging situations such as driving through dense vegetation and puddles. The researchers generated a dataset calledTartanDrive. It consistsof roughly 200,000 off-road driving interactions on a modified Yamaha Viking ATV. This included seven unique sensing modalities in diverse terrains....

As an entrepreneur or founder, increasing trust in your brand should be your top priority. In Denmark, where I live, we are good at trusting one another. In fact, according toOECD, Danes are one of the most trusting countries in the world. This is an encouraging discovery, as confidence is essential for people and organizations to develop. The German sociologist, Niklas Luhmann, called trust a mechanism for the reduction of social complexity....

An uncrewed vessel dubbed Mayflower recently completed the first fully autonomous transatlantic journey on the open sea. Powered by IBMsAI, the ship was designed and built by non-profit maritime research organization Promare. Up front:IBM isnt exactly in the autonomous boating business. Were probably not going to see Big Blue selling robo-yachts anytime soon. Instead, IBMs involvement is more about showcasing the robust nature of its machine learning tools. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

I recently attended a panel discussion on profitability featuring representatives from several rideshare providers at Micromobility Europe. Panelists were asked if their companies were profitable. Dott was founded in 2018 in the Netherlands and raised$210.8M. The company is not profitable at company level so far, as its focus has been product investment. Swappable battery companySwobbeewas founded in 2017 in Germany and raised$6Min a single investment from an energy company. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

There are some debates that will never go away. In 2022, we added another debate to our list. Whats better: working remotely or in-office? 40% off TNW Conference! Heres a round-up of the funniest examples. It seems like a pretty reasonable request from the PM, however, his reasoning is a little unexpected. Over the course of six months or even a year, youre looking at a pretty hefty stationery bill....

Back in 2015, Tesla introduced itsPowerwallbattery energy storage system for homes, havingsurpassed 200,000 installationslast year. Now, Toyota is throwing its hat in the ring with its very own smart system for residential use. Incorporating technology from the automakers electrified vehicles, the so-calledO-Uchi Kyuden Systemfeatures a 8.7kWh capacity and a 5.5kWh output. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies....

Its that time of year again:Appleis hosting its Worldwide Developer Conference, AKA WWDC. Lets get started then. Here are the biggest announcements from the show you oughta know. Surprise: its called M2. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Unsurprisingly, Apple claims its chips offer significantly greater performance-per-watt than competition from Intel and AMD. Of course, well have to see real-world benchmarks to know how meaningful that difference really is....

But just because AI can perform human-like behaviors doesnt mean it can think or understand like humans. A widespread misconception Developments in AI have produced systems that can perform very human-like behaviors. The language modelGPT-3can produce text thats often indistinguishable from human speech. Another model,PaLM, can produce explanations for jokes it has neverseen before. And DALL-E is a system which has been trained to produce modified images and artwork from a text description....

The event is being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Why cant queer people attend?Homosexuality and cross-dressing areillegal in the UAE. This means trans persons cannot attend unless they mask their gender identity. It also means that any conduct or contact which could be considered homosexual is illegal. Whats the worst that could happen?Death.Death is the worst that could happen. Who normally attends the conference?Its a technology conference. That Meta?...

And lets face it: although not perfect, AIs capabilities are pretty impressive. It lacks any real, common sense understanding. If you dont believe me, just ask a customer service bot a question that is off-script. This turned out to be false. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The answer is likely found in AIs principal competitor: lets call her Sally. Think of the knowledge necessary for Sally to stack a group of blocks....

This article is part of our series that explores thebusiness of artificial intelligence. Large tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft have been using transformer models for several years. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The company recently secured$100 million in Series C at a $2 billion valuation. The company wants to provide a broad range of machine learning services, including off-the-shelf transformer models. More recently, transformers have also moved into other areas, such as drug research and computer vision....

Yesterday, Cruise received the first-everDriverless Deployment Permitgranted by the California Public Utilities Commission. This allows the company to charge fares for their driverless rides in San Francisco. What does the permit mean? The taxi service is restricted to selected San Francisco streets. For example, reporting during safety during pickup and drop-off events, as part of a future CPUC workshop. 40% off TNW Conference! What is the status of robotaxis in the wild?...

Now, Google is shutting down the app altogether. And there are no further details as to how soon soon actually is. We have no further details to share at this time. The Assistant driving mode has surely come a long way since its initial launch. It combines Google Maps and Assistant, both of which integrate various mediaapps. It looks more modern and can more or less handle the same things....