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Uber Acquires AI platform to advance its Self-driving cars technology

26Jun By AdityaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Uber Acquires AI platform to advance its Self-driving cars technology

Cab booking platform Uber has acquired computer vision startup Mighty AI to help advance its technology for self-driving cars. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the ride-hailing giant said 40 employees of the Seattle-based firm would join Uber soon. Mighty AI specialises in computer vision, a field within artificial intelligence that is used to better understand or "label" the surroundings of vehicles that will be deployed autonomously. "The team at Mighty AI has built technology to label at scale using the latest AI and user experience techniques," said Jon Thomason, vice president of software engineering for the Uber division. "Training our AI at increasing pace is critical to scaling our self-driving technology, and I look forward to bringing Mighty AI's techn...

5Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

INDIA

Kochi is All Set to Launch Autonomous Cars in India

Recently Kochi became the first city in India to have a cashier-free store. A few weeks after this, the city is all set to welcome to the driverless car. Cocon-2018, the annual cybersecurity conference to be held in Kochi will host a live display using a prototype autonomous car. The autonomous or self driving car is touted as the next revolution in the transportation sector. Also, it is a vehicle that can sense its environment and navigate without much human input. Along with this, there will be a session on security concerns raised by hackers in the field of transportation. Apart from the driverless car, the eleventh edition of the conference would showcase futuristic live demonstrations, including the functioning of an AI-enabled drone, robotics and hacking through IOTenabled a...

Baidu and BYD Partner for Mass Production of Autonomous Cars

7Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

CHINA

Baidu and BYD Partner for Mass Production of Autonomous Cars

China’s largest technology company and search engine Baidu Inc and China's leading electric car maker BYD have announced their plan that bothr the companies are partnering with an aim to start mass producing self-driving cars in the coming three years' time. It was last year that Baidu had launched Project Apollo, which was titled after the Apollo moon landing project. The project was started to mark the start of its push to get self-driving cars on the road in China. A technician from Baidu informed that Project Apollo will offer the software platform that can be used by car manufacturers. Baidu has already manufactured more than 100 autonomous buses and has plans to sell to foreign markets, including Japan, which is set to receive 10 in early 2019. Apart from BYD, China’s Google ha...

22Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

CHINA

China’s Baidu Tests Self-Driving Cars on Expressway

China’s search engine major, Baidu Inc. on Thursday tested its two self-driving cars on an unused expressway in north China's Tianjin City. As informed by the company, this was the very first time for Baidu's automated cars to be tested on the Tangshan-Langfang expressway which is scheduled to open later this year. The trial run conducted will enable developers to collect data on the car's performance in sensing the environment and self-control and positioning, a senior engineer with within the road test team said. Meanwhile, the Chinese giants have been quietly testing vehicles in China and trying to take over Silicon Valley tech giants. The companies battling a head-on competition with each other include Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba, all of which are investing heavily in the technolo...