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Innovative technology from Typecast allows generative AI to transfer human emotion

Language is fundamental to human interaction — but so, too, is the emotion behind it.  Expressing happiness, sadness, anger, frustration or other feelings helps convey our messages and connect us.  While generative AI has excelled in many other areas, it has struggled to pick up on these nuances and process the intricacies of human emotion.  Typecast, a startup using AI to create synthetic…
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Rivian fixes infotainment software bug via OTA, around 3% affected

I spoke with Rivian software head Wassym Bensaid today about his last harrowing 36 hours. Rivian’s software team scrambled after an incorrect OS update build was sent out to the company’s fleet with an incorrect certificate. The update hung before it could complete, disabling most of the consumer-facing infotainment features on around 3% of the company’s consumer vehicles, according to…
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This new HiPhi A hypercar is a carbon fiber-clad collaborative EV teasing an awesome future

Luxury EV marque HiPhi introduced its latest model from its native Shanghai this morning, and it’s a marvel in futuristic design language. Described by HiPhi’s founder as a “work of art for the new era,” the HiPhi A is the young automaker’s first collaborative model, built with the help of WESAIL New Energy Automotive. This new EV is packed with tech inside and out, so be sure to read…
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Tesla sees critical supplier get snatched up by GM

Tesla has seen one of its critical suppliers for its gigacasting technology, TEI, be acquired by General Motors. Tesla has been pioneering the use of bigger cast parts in its vehicle bodies over the last few years. It started by replacing 70 rear body parts with two giant ones in Model 3, and since then, it has progressed into producing Model Y bodies with just a few parts produced by giant…
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