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Ensuring Safe Autonomous Driving: NVIDIA AI Summit Panel Insights

Industry experts at the NVIDIA AI Summit discussed AV safety, regulations, and technology advancements, emphasizing the importance of improving road safety through continuous development cycles and new simulation tools. MITRE's partnership with Mcity to create a virtual AV validation platform using NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX APIs was a key highlight of the...

AI and Blisk Collab: A DARPA Breakthrough

Researchers from MIT, CMU, and Lehigh collaborate on DARPA-funded METALS program to optimize multi-material structures for aerospace applications, including rocket engines. Project merges classical mechanics with AI design tech for compositionally graded alloys, enabling leap-ahead performance in structural...

Optimizing Traffic Lights with Amazon Rekognition

State and local agencies spend $1.23 billion annually on signalized intersections, while drivers lose $22 billion to congestion. Amazon Rekognition AI technology can reduce congestion and costs by automatically detecting objects at...

AI JetPack: Turbocharging Entrepreneurship

MIT Entrepreneurship JetPack, an AI tool, offers guidance based on prompts, helping entrepreneurs with research and planning. The tool, part of the Orbit platform, streamlines the startup process, providing recommendations for market segments, pricing, and...

Inconsistent Outcomes: AI in Home Surveillance

Researchers from MIT and Penn State University found that large language models used in home surveillance can exhibit biases, flagging videos inconsistently based on demographics. The study warns of potential harm if these models are deployed in high-stakes settings due to their unpredictable behavior and lack of understanding of norms and...

AI Cameras: Enforcing Good Behavior

Larry Ellison envisions AI-powered surveillance future where citizens are constantly monitored through cameras and drones to prevent crime. Oracle co-founder promotes automated oversight and alerts for police accountability through AI...

Volvo EX90 SUV: Powered by NVIDIA AI

Volvo Cars' new electric EX90, powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Orin, offers advanced safety features and autonomous driving capabilities. The move to NVIDIA DRIVE Thor will quadruple processing power, improve energy efficiency, and enhance in-vehicle...

Waymo Cars Cause Sleepless Nights with Nonstop Honking

Waymo self-driving cars disrupt San Francisco's sleep schedule by honking at each other in a parking lot at 4 am, leaving residents sleep-deprived. The automatic interactions of the empty cars have baffled neighbors and sparked frustration in the South of Market...

Revolutionizing Ride-Hailing with NVIDIA and Zoox

NVIDIA and Zoox CEOs discuss AV innovation and collaboration, highlighting Zoox's unique robotaxi design and use of NVIDIA technology for autonomous capabilities. Zoox's simulation-driven approach, powered by NVIDIA GPUs, accelerates AV development and enhances safety and performance of its...

Google Play's Hidden Malware Family

Android malware Mandrake resurfaces in Google Play after years of stealth, targeting victims with intricate spying activities. Bitdefender unveils Mandrake's advanced evasion tactics, including kill switch and decoy apps, affecting tens of thousands of...

Shadow Modeling Unveils Hidden Objects in 3D Scenes

MIT and Meta researchers develop PlatoNeRF, a computer vision technique using shadows and machine learning to create accurate 3D models of scenes, improving autonomous vehicles and AR/VR efficiency. Combining lidar and AI, PlatoNeRF offers new opportunities for reconstructions and will be presented at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern...

Driver Data Giant Shuts Down

Verisk, a major data broker, stops selling detailed driver behavior data to insurers after criticism. Drivers discover their every trip detail was shared with insurers, affecting insurance...

Accelerate Your Machine Learning Journey with AWS DeepRacer

AWS DeepRacer democratizes ML education, offering a hands-on approach for builders to learn ML fundamentals and compete in a global racing league. JPMorgan Chase hosts a Women's AWS DeepRacer League, showcasing commitment to empowering teams and fostering innovation in AI and...

Revolutionizing Last-Mile Logistics with AI

Discover the groundbreaking AI technology developed by Google that is revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Learn how this innovative system is able to accurately predict patient outcomes with unprecedented...

Innovators Shine at NVIDIA GTC

Discover the groundbreaking collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX, revolutionizing sustainable energy solutions. Learn how Elon Musk's vision is shaping the future of transportation and space...

Enhancing AI's Peripheral Vision

MIT researchers developed a dataset to simulate peripheral vision in AI models, improving object detection. Understanding peripheral vision in machines could enhance driver safety and predict human behavior, bridging the gap between AI and human...

'Electrifying Innovations at Geneva Motor Show'

Geneva Motor Show highlights China and U.S. EV makers with NVIDIA DRIVE technology expanding in Europe. BYD reveals plug-in hybrid SUV with 1,000 km range, while IM Motors introduces self-driving L6 sedan with advanced sensor suite and highway autopilot...

The Reign of ResNet: A New Era with Vision Transformers

Computer vision has evolved from small pixelated images to generating high-resolution images from descriptions, with smaller models improving performance in areas like smartphone photography and autonomous vehicles. The ResNet model has dominated computer vision for nearly eight years, but challengers like Vision Transformer (ViT) are emerging, showing state-of-the-art performance in computer...

Building Your Own AI Gym: Dive into Deep Q-Learning

Dive into the world of artificial intelligence — build a deep reinforcement learning gym from scratch. Gain hands-on experience and develop your own gym to train an agent to solve a simple problem, setting the foundation for more complex environments and...