AI will create more jobs than it destroys was the not-so-subtle rebuttal from tech giants to growing concern over the impact of automation technologies on employment. Execs from Google, IBM and Salesforce were questioned about the wider societal implications of their technologies during a panel session here at Mobile World Congress. Read More
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This device could help those with limited vision
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OrCam’s technology is changing how partially sighted and physical disabled people interact with the world with their nifty attachable device. Read more…
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It’s time for Washington to start working on artificial intelligence
One of the more unexpected sights within the United States Capitol lies just outside the Old Supreme Court Chamber. There you can find a plaque marking the first ever long-distance communication by electronic telegraph, which took place inside the Capitol in 1844, when Samuel Morse sent and received messages from Baltimore. Morse’s first experimental line was made possible thanks to a… Read More
AAA will test Torc’s self-driving cars to build out safety criteria
The American Automobile Association is doing work to help ensure it remains relevant in a future age of autonomous driving, and its latest partner in that effort is Torc Robotics, a self-driving technology company with loads of experience in automating heavy machinery and commercial equipment that’s now applying its expertise to the consumer market. At CES 2018, AAA announced that… Read More
Baidu debuts Apollo 2.0, its latest open self-driving platform
China’s Baidu revealed a major update to its Apollo autonomous driving platform at CES 2018 today, including support for new computing platforms, new reference vehicles, more HD mapping services available on a global scale and other updates. Most notably, the update will give everyone using Apollo the ability to drive autonomously on simple, relatively easy to navigate city roads.… Read More
Heading to CES? Don’t miss Netflix’s exclusive pre-screening of Altered Carbon, your next sci-fi obsession
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Altered Carbon, Netflix’s new action-packed sci-fi series, is set in a futuristic world where the new currency is life itself. With mankind able to download both consciousness and memories from body to body, death is obsolete—for those who can afford not to die, at least.
If you’re heading to Las Vegas for CES, get in on the action with a special screening of Altered Carbon on Thursday, 1/11 at 12pm at the Aria Hotel (Bristlecone 4 Room). Be sure to RSVP here as seating is limited.
Reality isn’t far behind Altered Carbon’s sci-fi vision
With a premise that lends itself to stunning visuals and a sci-fi plot that makes us question what it means to be human, to say we’re excited for this Netflix original series is an understatement. Netflix’s Altered Carbon is based on the 2002 classic cyberpunk sci-fi novel by Richard K. Morgan; fast-forward to 2018, when we’ve reached a time and place in the evolution of A.I. that makes the show’s central theme of brain augmentation a new reality. Read more…
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VW taps Nvidia to build AI into its new electric microbus and beyond
Nvidia will power artificial intelligence technology built into its future vehicles, including the new I.D. Buzz, its all-electric retro-inspired camper van concept. The partnership between the two companies also extends to the future vehicles, and will initially focus on so-called “Intelligent Co-Pilot” features, including using sensor data to make driving easier, safer and… Read More
Uber taps Nvidia for its self-driving vehicle fleet
Uber has picked Nvidia as one of its key technology partners in its fleet of self-driving, specifically to provide the AI computing aspects of its autonomous software. The partnership is one that has been in development for a while now, including in its very first test Volvo XC90 SUVs, which followed the introduction of its program using modified Ford sedans. Uber has used Nvidia’s GPUs… Read More
MIT and Harvard create cheap artificial muscles with super strength
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has teamed up with Harvard’s Wyss Institute to create a super strong, affordable artificial muscle that could be used to create soft robots with “superpowers,” including the ability to lift up to 1000 times their weight. The new soft robotic artificial muscles are inspired by origami, and can be constructed in… Read More
TechCrunch Include Office Hours with Cavalry Ventures
TechCrunch December Include Office Hours will be hosted in Berlin, Germany on December 1st. We’re partnering with Calvary Ventures. From 2-3pm, Founding and Managing Partner Rouven Dresselhaus and Managing Partner Stefan Walter will be giving key feedback and valuable guidance for underserved and underrepresented founders. Apply now! In 2014, TechCrunch launched Include program… Read More
Apple could use machine learning to shore up LiDAR limitations in self-driving
Apple has a new paper published in Cornell’s arXiv open directory of scientific research, describing a method for using machine learning to translate the raw point cloud data gathered by LiDAR arrays into results that include detection of 3D objects, including bicycles and pedestrians, with no additional sensor data required. The paper is one of the clearest looks yet we’ve had… Read More
With Dispatch, Here Be Dragons pushes narrative VR storytelling in bold new directions
As virtual reality takes its trip through the hype cycle of technology adoption, I keep returning to the early days of film as a corollary for the medium’s progress and a good benchmark for its evolution. When they first arrived on the scene, movies must have had the same thrilling and disorienting visual jolt that anyone who experiences virtual reality now receives the moment they strap… Read More