AI & RoboticsNews

What this bald eagle and neural network depiction have to do with future U.S. AI strategy

January 13, 2021
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) today announced the launch of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, an organization that will coordinate and oversee national AI policy initiatives for the United States government. “The Office is charged with overseeing and implementing the United States national AI strategy and will serve as the central hub for…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

GM’s BrightDrop to build delivery EVs, 500 FedEx trucks this year

January 13, 2021
The GM announcements keep coming at CES 2021 this year. Today GM CEO Mary Barra announced a new division called BrightDrop that would be building electric delivery vehicles and the technology to go along with it. Today General Motors announced BrightDrop, a new division and brand, which will offer an “ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products” for logistics companies. The first of…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Audi sells almost 50,000 e-tron electric SUVs in 2020

January 13, 2021
Audi sold almost 50,000 e-tron electric SUVs in 2020 – a significant increase over last year and launching Audi’s electrification effort ahead of new models hitting the market. Audi e-tron The Audi e-tron is starting to come into its own as an electric vehicle program. The German automaker released its 2020 delivery results and confirmed 79.5% growth in e-tron deliveries to 47,324 units last…
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MobileNews

Samsung teases AMD GPU in its ‘next flagship,’ but not the Galaxy S21

January 13, 2021
In 2019, Samsung announced a partnership with AMD to beef up the GPU in its mobile devices. Today, at the launch event for the new Exynos 2100 processor, Samsung provided an update on that GPU, saying that the AMD chip will be in the company’s “next flagship.” Technically, Samsung’s next flagship is the Galaxy S21, which launches later this week. However, that’s not the “next…
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