DefenseNews

Lawmakers want US to provide Army tactical missiles to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are seeking to compel a resistant U.S. administration to provide Army Tactical Missile Systems to Ukraine as it fends off Russia. In the House Armed Services Committee chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill, the committee calls for “not less than $80.0 million be used for the procurement of [ATACMS] for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” According to the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 13, 2023

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Stellantis says it's not ready to adopt Tesla's NACS connector, but it is considering it

Stellantis confirmed that it is “evaluating” Tesla’s NACS connector. It is considering adopting it, but the automaker doesn’t seem ready to commit. After both GM and Ford announced that they would adopt NACS as the standard connector in their future electric vehicles, it became crystal clear that the connector is on its way to becoming the standard connector in North America. Since GM’s…
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AI & RoboticsNews

This week in data: Don’t be an AI tourist

“Don’t be an AI tourist” is excellent advice from a post on The World Economic Forum. The post includes a fascinating survey: The AI Readiness Report which demonstrates that 81% of companies are now working with generative AI and how the focus on models is changing.
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GM plans fourth EV battery plant with new Samsung SDI partnership

According to Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana, GM is building a new $3 billion EV battery plant in the state in a new joint venture with Samsung SDI. The facility will be its fourth battery plant in the US. General Motors already has plans for three EV battery factories through a joint venture partnership with LG Energy called Ultium Cells. Its first, a 2.8 million square ft facility in Warren…
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Meet Amelia, the US Navy’s conversational AI tech-support tool

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy will begin rolling out a conversational artificial intelligence program known as “Amelia” that’s capable of troubleshooting and resolving the most commonly asked tech-support questions from sailors, Marines and civilian personnel. The full rollout, expected in August, is the latest step in the $136 million Navy Enterprise Service Desk venture, meant to modernize…
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