Category: ai
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Tesla We Robot event unveiled Cybercab and Robovan
October 10, 2024, Tesla unveil its robotaxi called the Cybercab. The driverless vehicle is expected to cost $30k. Since this is not a firm order, price is only an estimate and could be higher. A recent example is Cybertruck which was introduced at $50k but as of today only the Foundation series is on sale…
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Tesla full self driving roadmap Q3, Q4 2024 and early 2025
September 4, 2024, Tesla published its roadmap for full self driving for the remainder of 2024 and early 2025. September 2024 will get 12.5.2 and will have 3x improvement in miles per intervention. It will be available on AI4/HW4 chips and then get optimized for HW3. End to end on highway. Cybertruck gets FSD October…
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Uber to offer Waymo robotaxi service in Austin and Atlanta in 2025
September 13, 2024 Uber and Waymo have partnered to offer robotaxi service in Austin and Atlanta in 2025 using the Uber app. Expanding service requires a lot of capital and running riding service require operating cost. Waymo wants to focus on the self driving technology and leave the customer service and fleet management to others.…
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Andrej Karparthy talks Tesla full self driving, Optimus and AI in No Priors podcast
September 14, 2024 The No Priors podcast episode 80 released September 5, 2024 titled “The Road to Autonomous Intelligence with Andrej Karparthy”, talked about Tesla full self driving, Optimus and AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM_h0UA7upI Andrej says Waymo’s full self driving took 10 years to go from working demo to production. According to Andrej, Waymo’s solution uses lots…
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OpenAI introduces o1 models with reason and can solve problems at the PhD level.
September 12, 2024 OpenAI released a preview of the new o1 model that has reasoning ability. Previous LLMs finds the most probable next word and give that answer very quickly without self inspection. This new level of performance is obtained by allowing the model to think longer and search and evaluate possible responses for correctness…
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Uber makes investment and partners with Wayve Automous driving developer in UK
August 29, 2024 Robotaxis will likely be common place in the future. Waymo already offers paid rides in San Francisco. Uber wants to be part of the future. To that goal, they have partnered with Wayve to make autonymous driving systems for production vehicles and put these vehicles into the Uber network. https://wayve.ai/press/wayve-and-uber-partner/ Uber will…
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Waymo automous robotaxi open to all users in San Francisco
Waymo on June 25, 2024, announced anyone can use Waymo automonous robotaxi in San Francisco. https://waymo.com/blog/2024/06/waymo-one-is-now-open-to-everyone-in-san-francisco/ Technology Waymo creates detailed map of the territory before it offers service at a location. When Waymo car combines real-time sensor data with this map, it will know the precise location of where the car is and not solely…
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Microsoft calendar Q1 2024 earnings revenue $61.9 B, up 17%, Net income $21.9B up 20%, EPS $2.94 up 20%
April 25, 2024 Microsoft’s calendar Q1 2024 revenue (its FY24 Q3), net income and EPS are all up double digits. How is it possible a company that big can still grow that much? Let’s delve into how they made it happen. Productivity and Business revenue $19.6 B, up 12% Intelligent Cloud, $26.7 B, up 21%.…
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Google introduces Gemini 1.5 Pro with 1 million token context window
AI LLM models are growing and improving at break neck speed. Google has announced Gemini 1.5 Pro. https://developers.googleblog.com/2024/02/gemini-15-available-for-private-preview-in-google-ai-studio.html Following technique used by Mistral, Google’s latest Gemini 1.5 Pro will use a mix of experts approach to LLM. A query is routed to a smaller expert LLM. This results in faster and more precise response. Gemini…