Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 39. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Welcome to the #FutureofMobility! Daimler and @BMWGroup join forces with a cooperation of five joint ventures:
▶ REACH NOW (Multimodal)
▶ CHARGE NOW (Charging)
▶ FREE NOW (Taxi Ridehailing)
▶ PARK NOW (Parking)
▶ SHARE NOW (Carsharing)#Daimler #DaimlerxBMW #FutureNow pic.twitter.com/CkOAqaOWqZ— Daimler AG (@Daimler) February 22, 2019
Some more #ElonMusk bold promises. Do you believe or think it's bullsh**? Says they'll be full self-driving feature complete this year. Cars will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up & take you all the way to destination without intervention. https://t.co/KjYPpE6f8P pic.twitter.com/VQw4LZ3Aa5
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) February 21, 2019
U recall the fully artificial/animated male news anchor in #China last year? Now here's more 'innovation': an #AI female news anchor. They continue to make scary strides in making human journalists obsolete. Honestly, my stomach turns on stuff like this… https://t.co/CBxBBACSUd pic.twitter.com/PkAJJkhzoG
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) February 21, 2019
A little gem for a glimpse of #AI image creation: #thispersondoesnotexist uses generative adversarial networks to create realistic looking faces of non-existent people. Hit reload for more faces. Scares you? We're losing our grip on digital authenticity! https://t.co/nr0gOUujwh pic.twitter.com/TUW3IfEb4y
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) February 20, 2019
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