【M实事摘要Newsletter】20171021

1) More Than Uber

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Slate Magazine
Alphabet is racing to be the first-to-market with driverless cars, and the world is full of companies trying for a piece of the self-driving car market.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2017/10/alphabet_s_investment_in_lyft_is_about_more_than_uber_it_s_about_beating.html

2) UK government awards £51m to driverless car testing infrastructure projects

The Engineer
Four UK projects have been awarded a total of £51m of government funding to develop testing infrastructure for autonomous cars.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/51-million-driverless-car-testing-projects/

3) Why General Motors Wants to Test Autonomous Cars in NYC

Market Realist
General Motors (GM) announced that it wants to test a few semi-driverless cars next year on the streets of New York City. The auto giant wants to ...
http://marketrealist.com/2017/10/why-general-motors-wants-to-test-autonomous-cars-in-nyc/

4) The AI That Has Nothing to Learn From Humans

The Atlantic
It was a tense summer day in 1835 Japan. The country's reigning Go player, Honinbo Jowa, took his seat across a board from a 25-year-old prodigy by ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/alphago-zero-the-ai-that-taught-itself-go/543450/

5) IBM lags in cloud computing and AI. Can tech's great survivor recover?

The Economist
TECHNOLOGY giants are a bit like dinosaurs. Most do not adapt successfully to a new age—a “platform shift” in the lingo. A few make it through two ...
https://www.economist.com/news/business/21730464-its-latest-quarterly-results-prompted-rally-its-shares-big-challenges-remain-ibm-lags

6) The Democratization Of Machine Learning Is At Hand, And This AI Company Is On The Front Lines

Forbes
AI is transforming the world at breakneck speed, changing medicine, air travel, customer service, the auto industry, and much, much more. But so far ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mnewlands/2017/10/20/the-democratization-of-machine-learning-is-at-hand-and-this-ai-company-is-on-the-front-lines/#2dd8be7f2451

7) Students get first look at The Thinkery's self-driving car exhibit

KXAN.com
The Thinkery unveiled a new exhibit featuring the Firefly, a self-driving car created by Waymo. It aims to teach people about the benefits these cars can ...
https://kxan.com/2017/10/20/students-get-first-look-at-the-thinkerys-self-driving-car-exhibit/

8) Self-Driving Cars Headed to San Diego With New Testing Site

NBC 7 San Diego
If you notice a car sweep by without a driver at the wheel in San Diego, don't panic--it's most likely a self-driving car. SANDAG officials announced ...
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Selected-as-Autonomous-Car-Testing-Site-451737333.html

9) De Blasio Calls Bringing Self-Driving Cars to New York a 'Mistake'

Observer
Andrew Cuomo's announcement that self-driving cars will be tested in New York State next year “a mistake.” On Tuesday, Cuomo said that General ...
http://observer.com/2017/10/de-blasio-cuomo-self-driving-cars/