Tesla has lost its long-time head of Autopilot hardware engineering to Amazon’s self-driving company, Zoox.
Zheng Gao has been at Tesla for more than 8 years and for the last three, he has been the head of Autopilot hardware engineering.
He elaborated on his role on his LinkedIn profile:
Managing the Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Display Engineering and Camera Engineering teams…
Hyundai is now selling EVs on Amazon: Here's how you can snag one
December 18, 2024
An electric vehicle from Amazon? That’s right. Starting today, you can buy Hyundai’s top-selling EVs, like the IONIQ 5, right on Amazon. Here’s how you can get your hands on one.
How to buy Hyundai EVs directly on Amazon
Hyundai teamed up with the e-commerce giant last…
US Postal Service says it is going electric despite Trump
December 18, 2024
While incoming president Donald Trump aims to cancel contracts for new EVs for the US Postal Service, the postmaster general says he defends its electrification plans and won’t return any funding for EVs – unless Congress forces the issue, of course.
Last year, Congress…
In today’s fast-paced digital world, attention spans are rapidly declining. The average person now struggles to focus on a single task for more than a few minutes, making it increasingly challenging for content creators and businesses to capture and retain audience interest. AI Text Summarizers—a revolutionary tool designed to deliver key insights quickly and concisely, catering to the…
OpenAI expands ChatGPT Canvas to all users
December 11, 2024
OpenAI is extending access to its side-by-side digital editing space, Canvas, to all ChatGPT users and added new features, the company announced today in a livestream, the fourth of its “12 Days of OpenAI”-holiday themed announcements.
Canvas, which was announced in…
OpenAI has ushered in a new reasoning paradigm in large language models (LLMs) with its o1 model, which recently got a major upgrade. However, while OpenAI has a strong lead in reasoning models, it might lose some ground to open source rivals that are quickly…
Singapore startup Sapient enters global enterprise AI race with new model architectures
December 11, 2024
In a Nutshell
Sapient Intelligence, Singapore’s innovative AI startup, has secured $22 million in seed funding to develop groundbreaking models challenging GPT’s limitations. By blending neuroscience and mathematics, Sapient creates flexible architectures excelling in benchmarks like Sudoku and robotics. With a global vision and focus on enterprise coding solutions before unleashing personal…
Nearly half of the amphibious warfare ships Marines need to deploy often are unavailable due to maintenance, according to a government watchdog. How the Navy currently manages those repairs means jarheads will continue to deploy late to the fight.
The Dec. 3 Government…
Military pauses Osprey flights again after near crash
December 11, 2024
The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of its fleet of V-22 Ospreys after weakened metal components possibly played a role in another near crash, the latest setback for an embattled aircraft whose safety problems have grown.
The pause was recommended last week…
Defense tech firms establish AI-focused consortium
December 11, 2024
Palantir and Anduril, two leading defense technology firms, announced today they’re creating an industry consortium to address what they see as hurtles impeding the Defense Department’s adoption of AI.
“Our goal is to deliver the technological infrastructure, from the edge to the enterprise, that can enable our government and industry partners to transform America’s world-leading AI…
