Autonomous Driving

Today's Stories

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   Self-driving truck startup CEO says hire Gen Z over industry veterans for AI jobs

   Raquel Urtasun, who runs autonomous truck company Waabi (valued at over $1 billion), told Fortune that young workers embrace AI tools better than experienced professionals who fear change. She argues that in rapidly changing AI fields, fresh thinking matters more than decades of traditional experience.

   Companies building AI products may increasingly favor younger workers who adapt quickly to new tools over seasoned professionals stuck in old ways of working.

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   Tesla gets Denmark approval for self-driving cars, designs new AI chips for robots

   Tesla received regulatory approval to test its Full Self-Driving technology in Denmark on June 10th. CEO Elon Musk also announced the company is designing a new generation of AI chips that will power both self-driving cars and Tesla's humanoid robots.

   Tesla's self-driving features may soon become available to more European customers, while the shared AI chips could make both robot helpers and autonomous cars smarter.

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   New AI creates photorealistic driving simulations to train self-driving cars faster

   AI research company Decart launched Oasis 3, a system that generates hours of realistic driving footage for training autonomous vehicles. Instead of cars learning only from real-world driving data, they can now practice in detailed virtual environments that look exactly like real roads and traffic.

   Self-driving cars could become safer and more reliable faster since they can practice millions of driving scenarios virtually before hitting real roads.

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   Procter & Gamble tests Saudi Arabia's first self-driving hydrogen truck

   Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble partnered to deploy Saudi Arabia's first autonomous hydrogen-powered truck. The project combines self-driving technology with clean fuel to transport goods without human drivers or carbon emissions.

   Package deliveries and shipping could eventually become both driverless and emissions-free as more companies test these combined technologies.

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   Qualcomm expands AI chips from phones to robots and autonomous vehicles

   Chip maker Qualcomm, known for powering smartphones, announced its AI processors will now also run humanoid robots and self-driving cars. The company is extending its mobile AI expertise into physical robots that can move and work in the real world.

   The same AI technology that makes your phone camera smart could soon power robot assistants and autonomous vehicles with better decision-making abilities.