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Bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap for Accelerated Robot Training
NVIDIA· 2025-08-12 02:07
Robotics has captured our imagination. Building a truly intelligent robot requires a large amount of training data. But capturing realworld training data or manually creating enough synthetic data is expensive and timeconuming.By combining computer graphics with AI, we can help robots learn faster and better understand the real world. NVIDIA Cosmos is a world foundation model platform built for developers to generate the required training data at an industrial scale. Cosmos Predict generates realistic train ...
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Tesla Owners Silicon Valley· 2025-08-12 01:29
Going in a Robotaxi in the Bay Area tonight ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-08 15:00
Tesla has been granted a rideshare license in Texas, paving the way for the electric-vehicle maker to operate its robotaxi service under new regulations governing autonomous vehicles in the state https://t.co/xODuictNN8 ...
Uber and Lyft Take Divergent Routes Chasing Shared Mobility Platform Goal
PYMNTS.com· 2025-08-07 20:42
Lyft is pursuing expansion and diversification, nearly doubling its addressable market through acquisitions like Freenow and building strategic partnerships with companies like United Airlines and Baidu.Uber is focusing on platform leverage, using tighter integration between its ride-hailing and delivery services to boost cross-platform engagement.Both companies reported strong Q2 2025 financials, but Uber outpaced Lyft. Uber emphasized internal efficiency and monetization, while Lyft highlighted geographic ...
Lyft(LYFT) - 2025 Q2 - Earnings Call Transcript
2025-08-06 22:02
Lyft (LYFT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call August 06, 2025 05:00 PM ET Company ParticipantsAurelien Nolf - Vice President, FP&A & Investor RelationsDavid Risher - Chief Executive Officer and DirectorEric Sheridan - Managing DirectorErin Brewer - CFOBenjamin Black - Co-Head Internet Equity ResearchSteven Fox - Founder & CEOConference Call ParticipantsJohn Blackledge - Senior Equity Research AnalystDouglas Anmuth - MD & Internet AnalystStephen Ju - AnalystNikhil Devnani - Senior AnalystKen Gawrelski - MD & Senior Inte ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-06 17:58
The Trump administration has cleared the way for Zoox, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of Amazon, to demonstrate self-driving cars that lack traditional driving controls like steering wheels https://t.co/cJ3ZBcuInQ ...
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Tesla Owners Silicon Valley· 2025-08-06 06:24
Are you ready for the Tesla Robotaxi?The looks of the street will change forever.https://t.co/3nhnG9uWVN ...
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Cathie Wood· 2025-08-05 04:55
Perspective! In the most penetrated US geographies, human-driven ridehail accounts for ~3% of vehicle miles traveled. In an autonomous world, we believe $TSLA will dominate personal transportation, transforming a low margin EV play into a high margin, recurring revenue SaaS play.Daniel Maguire (@DMaguireARK):People often compare robotaxi to human-driven ridehail, but the opportunity is much bigger.In US core counties, ridehail is only ~3% of VMT on average. Even in SF it’s only ~13%.Think bigger. Robotaxis ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-04 12:14
Lyft said it’s partnering with China’s Baidu to launch autonomous vehicles in Europe starting next year, an agreement that comes after the US rideshare company finalized its first expansion into the continent https://t.co/npkQZN6jcm ...
Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says
CNBC· 2025-08-01 18:31
Core Viewpoint - A jury in Miami has found Tesla partly liable for a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, resulting in a compensation order of $329 million to the victims' family and an injured survivor [1][6]. Group 1: Legal Proceedings - The lawsuit focused on the responsibility for a deadly crash that occurred in Key Largo, Florida, involving a Tesla Model S driven by George McGee using Enhanced Autopilot [2]. - The trial began on July 14 in the Southern District of Florida, with the plaintiffs initially seeking around $345 million in damages [1]. Group 2: Incident Details - During the incident, McGee dropped his mobile phone and believed that the Enhanced Autopilot would automatically brake for obstacles, but the vehicle accelerated through an intersection at over 60 miles per hour, colliding with a parked car and its owners [3]. - Naibel Benavides, a 22-year-old, died at the scene, while her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, survived but sustained severe injuries including multiple broken bones and a traumatic brain injury [4]. Group 3: Tesla's Autopilot System - The plaintiffs' attorney criticized Tesla for designing the Autopilot system for controlled access highways but allowing its use in other environments, claiming that Tesla's misleading statements about the system's capabilities endangered lives [5]. - The verdict comes at a time when Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, is attempting to position the company as a leader in autonomous vehicles, despite concerns about the safety of its self-driving technology [6]. Group 4: Market Reaction - Following the verdict, Tesla's shares fell by 1.5%, contributing to a 25% decline for the year, marking the largest drop among major tech companies [6].