【M实事摘要Newsletter】20171214 #1

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1) NEWSFLASH, PEOPLE: Human Drivers Are Much Safer Than Soulless 'Autonomous' Vehicles

The Daily Caller
Technology is on fast track for the driverless or “autonomous” car and truck. Tens of billions of dollars are being spent to develop the “inevitable” brave new world of vehicles driving the road by algorithm, programming, and artificial intelligence (AI). It is so 21st century, forward thinking and enlightened.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/newsflash-people-human-drivers-are-much-safer-than-soulless-autonomous-vehicles/

2) The Driverless Car Era Began More Than 90 Years Ago

Discover Magazine (blog)
Depending on the vehicle manufacturer, you'll get a different year for the big roll-out of fully autonomous vehicles. General Motors plans to launch them in big cities by 2019. Ford says it will have a fully autonomous vehicle in commercial operation by 2021. Google's self-driving operation, Waymo, ...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/12/13/driverless-car-houdina-houdini/#.WjX391WWZ1I

3) Upstream Security Revs Up Cloud-Based Cybersecurity for Connected and Autonomous Car ...

GlobeNewswire (press release)
HERZLIYA, Israel, Dec. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Upstream Security, pioneer of the cloud-based cybersecurity platform for connected cars and autonomous vehicles, today announced the closing of $9 million in Series A funding, led by CRV (Charles River Ventures). The round included ...
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/12/13/1261062/0/en/Upstream-Security-Revs-Up-Cloud-Based-Cybersecurity-for-Connected-and-Autonomous-Car-Fleets-with-9M-Series-A.html

4) 创新工场董事长李开复:OMO的最终状态是商场、工厂、驾驶、物流都无人化| WISE2017新商业大会

搜狐
2017年12月12日-13日第五届WISE大会——“WISE2017新商业大会”如期而至。在充满机遇和挑战的时代，商业时代已经来临。我们认为：新商业是从“基业长青”到“基业长新”，从“大而不倒”到“新而不倒”的商业文明的进化。创新工场董事长兼CEO李开复博士认为，滴滴、美团主导的新商业创业潮推动线上生意占到了 ...
http://www.sohu.com/a/210006936_114778

5) 青飞智能CEO孙一飞：限定场景自动驾驶应用及商业分析| 未来汽车大讲堂

搜狐
讲到无人驾驶的商业化，插播一条广告，雷锋网将于2018年1月16日在硅谷举办GAIR硅谷智能驾驶峰会，将有数十家顶级自动驾驶技术公司在大会做演讲交流，并有中美两地近百家产业链 ... 说回限定场景无人驾驶，典型的限定场景无人产品的应用还有，无人驾驶BRT、无人物流车、无人工程机械和无人卡车等。
http://www.sohu.com/a/210114268_99919085

6) 洋山港四期有望纳入自由贸易港上海海关启动“智能监管”

新浪网
无人驾驶的自动导航集卡从检测门下穿过，就好像做了一个全身CT，集装箱里到底装了什么，一目了然，整个查验过程，耗时不足15秒。 ... 全封闭”特征深度契合，洋山海关积极建立“验放自动化、监控远程化、通关零等待、物流零干扰”的智能监管模式，在支持无人自动码头高效运作的同时，最大幅度提升通关速度。
http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2017-12-12/doc-ifypnyqi4175415.shtml

7) Swedish Families Help With Volvo Self-Driving Car Development

The Drive
Volvo is calling on families in its hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, to help develop self-driving cars. As part of the automaker's "Drive Me" program, families will be given test cars to use as their daily drivers on public roads, and then provide feedback and data to Volvo engineers. While Volvo is testing ...
http://www.thedrive.com/self-driving-cars/16941/swedish-families-help-with-volvo-self-driving-car-development

8) nuTonomy's self-driving cars now giving Lyft users rides in Boston

Motor Authority
Boston, Massachusetts-based self-driving car startup nuTonomy made headlines in 2016 when it launched the world's first self-driving taxi service. Albeit a trial only, the service, which covered a few streets in Singapore, provided an early look at a likely future where self-driving cars run around town ...
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1114288_nutonomys-self-driving-cars-now-giving-lyft-users-rides-in-boston

9) Uber Investor Sues Over Acquisition of Self-Driving Car Firm

Bloomberg
Uber's board recklessly approved the purchase of a company owned by former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, who has been accused of stealing seven years of research material about self-driving cars from his former employer, according to an investor's Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/uber-investor-sues-over-acquisitiion-of-self-driving-car-firm

10) Busting the Myths About AI Invading Our Lives

New York Times
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The Times based in San Francisco, discussed the tech he's using. You write a lot about artificial intelligence. What is the strongest A.I. product that people can use right now?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/technology/personaltech/busting-myths-ai.html

11) Google opens Chinese AI lab, says 'science has no borders'

The Verge
The fight between tech companies for AI talent is fierce and global, with Google announcing today that it will create a new research lab in China dedicated solely to artificial intelligence. Google already has similar facilities in New York, Toronto, London, and Zurich, but says this will be the first such center ...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/13/16771134/google-ai-lab-china-research-center

12) AI and augmented reality could make fixing your router a little more bearable

The Verge
When something goes wrong with the appliances in your home, what do you do to fix them? Probably, you Google the problem. Then you dig out a manual or look one up
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/13/16741488/ai-and-augmented-reality-could-make-fixing-your-router-a-little-more-bearable