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1) Investor Sues Uber Directors Over $680M Acquisition of Autonomous Car Firm
Insurance Journal
Uber Technologies Inc. directors were accused of failing to properly review the ride-sharing company's $680 million acquisition of a self-driving technology firm that wound up being accused of stealing trade secrets from a unit of Alphabet Inc. Uber's board recklessly approved the purchase of a company ...
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/12/14/474112.htm
2) Volvo is reportedly scaling back its ambitious self-driving car experiment
The Verge
Under the original plans first announced in 2015, Volvo would deliver 100 of its XC90 SUVs to real families in Sweden, followed by a similar number of vehicles to families in China and the UK. These participants would test Volvo's autonomous car technology. The cars would be able to run in fully ...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/14/16776466/volvo-drive-me-self-driving-car-sweden-delay
3) ABQ predicted to be prime place for self-driving cars
Albuquerque Business First
Once production of self-driving cars ramps up and they're ready to hit dealerships, one study suggests Albuquerque as one of the places that could benefit from them the most. It is predicted to have the second-greatest "proportion of vehicle travel replaced" by autonomous cars in the country.
https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2017/12/14/abq-predicted-to-be-prime-place-for-self-driving.html
4) 从单线激光雷达切入服务机器人、AGV和无人驾驶市场，「微光云」想以高性价比取胜
36kr
成立于2014年末的成都微光云科技有限公司，早期专注于TOF激光传感器的制造和TOF测距方案解决。公司团队，均有5年以上IC开发以及time of flight项目开发经验，微光云CEO郭忠华告诉36氪，在看到上述领域的发展趋势后，他们相应推出了TOF系列单线激光雷达和基于单线激光雷达的SLAM机器人开发平台。
https://36kr.com/p/5107088.html
5) 阿尔法巴上路试运行 黑科技如何改变生活
新浪科技
搭载“阿尔法巴智能驾驶公交系统”的深圳巴士集团公交车近日在福田保税区首发试运行，这是中国首次，也是全球首例在开放的道路上进行无人驾驶。而随着无人驾驶汽车技术的一步步成熟，无人驾驶或将彻底改变我们的生活。同时，如何规避各种风险问题，使无人驾驶真正为人民带来便利，是行业未来需要思考的问题。
http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2017-12-14/doc-ifyptkyk4420025.shtml
6) 万亿规模的智慧物流市场，会诞生哪些独角兽公司？
搜狐
自动驾驶汽车本质是移动的四轮机器人。智慧物流的运输和配送环节，将会大量应用自动驾驶汽车，以省掉大量司机的人力成本，同时还能降低事故率、通过云端调度提高运输效率。在“最后一公里”环节，无人快递车也将出现，此前，Skype的两位创始人就成立了“Starship（星船）”公司来解决最后一公里的送货问题， ...
http://www.sohu.com/a/210395899_115980
7) Are Fully Self-Driving Cars Just Around the Corner?
NerdWallet
But other experts say it will be much longer before fully self-driving vehicles — what the U.S. Department of Transportation calls level 5, or Full Automation — are widely available. The real challenge will come from the complexity of integrating autonomous cars into real-world conditions. Though the ...
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/fully-self-driving-cars-just-around-corner/
8) Andrew Ng Says Factories Are AI's Next Frontier
【M一句话点评：AI切制造业，做品控管理】
MIT Technology Review
Ng, formerly the head of AI for Chinese Internet company Baidu and, prior to that, the creator of the deep-learning Google Brain project, is the CEO of a new startup called Landing.AI that will help companies figure out ways to incorporate AI. Specifically, Landing.AI, which is based in Palo Alto, California, ...
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609770/andrew-ng-says-factories-are-ais-next-frontier/
9) Google's AI found an overlooked exoplanet, and now our Solar System is tied for biggest
【M一句话点评：AI应用于天文学，对信号进行分析】
The Verge
NASA has discovered an eighth planet around a distant star, which means we're no longer the largest solar system we know of. The discovery was made thanks to some artificial intelligence help from Google, which found the planet by scouring previously overlooked “weak” signals in data captured by ...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/14/16777394/google-nasa-ai-machine-learning-planets-astronomy
10) Can AI Assistants Help Curb Harassment?
Forbes
In the aftermath of last year's global abuse of Microsoft's Tay AI, I wondered what would happen if someone addressed their AI home assistant in a similar manner. Fascinatingly, earlier this summer, months before sexual harassment dominated the headlines, I found that Google's smart assistant was ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/12/13/can-ai-assistants-help-curb-harassment/#52cca917843f
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