Tesla Director of AI, Andrej Karpathy, is stepping down from his role at the company and from the helm of its Autopilot program. “It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways,” Karpathy announced via Twitter on Wednesday, having just returned from a four-month sabbatical.
It’s been a great pleasure to…
Earlier this summer, physicians at NYU Langone were able to successfully transplant pig hearts into two recently-deceased humans. The medical team performed the procedures on June 16 and July 6, using special pig hearts that were genetically modified to be more acceptable…
Panasonic is reportedly going to build a new battery cell factory in Kansas to supply Tesla with its new 4680 cell.
Update: the governor has now made the project official
Earlier this year, we reported on Panasonic looking for a site in the United States for a new…
Tesla loses its head of AI and vision Andrej Karpathy – a big loss for the Autopilot team
July 14, 2022
Andrej Karpathy, senior director in charge of AI and computer vision at Tesla, announced that he is leaving the automaker. It is a big loss for Tesla’s Autopilot team and self-driving effort.
Karpathy joined Tesla more than five years ago as a neural net and computer vision expert. He quickly rose through the ranks and became a big part of Tesla’s Autopilot team and the automaker’s effort to…
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Micro mobility giant Lime will launch scooters with the first in-house-built computer vision platform that will leverage cameras to detect when users are riding on the sidewalk next month.
It’s often easier for cities to blame transportation companies and scooter riders…
NASA’s New Mineral Dust Detector Readies for Launch
July 14, 2022
Designed to analyze airborne dust to see how it might affect climate, the EMIT mission launches to the International Space Station on Thursday, July 14.
Each year, strong winds carry more than a billion metric tons – or the weight of 10,000 aircraft carriers – of mineral dust from Earth’s deserts and other dry regions through the atmosphere. While scientists know that the dust affects…
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2022 is the year of Kirby. Nintendo revealed the trailer for Kirby’s Dream Buffet, a…
After three uncharacteristic patches in recent weeks, Google is rolling out Android 13 Beta 4 as the “final update for your testing and development.” The company said today that we’re “just a few weeks away from the official release of Android 13.”
A huge thank you to our developer community for helping shape the Android 13 release! You’ve given us thousands of bug reports and shared…
