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Tesla quietly starts shipping Model Y with new AI4.5 computer

Tesla appears to be quietly rolling out a new version of its Full Self-Driving computer, with new Model Y owners discovering their vehicles are equipped with “Hardware 4.5”, or AI4.5 as it’s being labeled internally. The discovery comes from owners taking delivery of Fremont-built Model Y vehicles in late December and January, who found a… Continue reading Tesla quietly starts shipping Model Y with new AI4.5 computer

German FAZ: What the EU and India trade agreement brings010478

Negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and India took almost 20 years. It only became clear shortly before the goal that it was finally becoming concrete. Indian Trade Secretary Rajesh Agrawal declared on Monday that the negotiations had ended and both sides were ready to announce the agreement on Tuesday. Government… Continue reading German FAZ: What the EU and India trade agreement brings010478

German FAZ: “The S-Class is the best car in the world, and it will remain so”010477

The foils, which are intended to hide the final lines of the new S-Class from the eyes of curious car fans, have an elegant, gold-black pattern. On the side doors the color changes completely to bright gold. The way the current version of the well-known luxury model from Mercedes stands on the car manufacturer’s campus… Continue reading German FAZ: “The S-Class is the best car in the world, and it will remain so”010477

German FAZ: Caught cold as ice 010478

Germany is freezing. That’s right. And in the midst of this frost, Toyota and Lexus drivers face a bitterly cold nuisance. At the beginning of December, the remote-controllable auxiliary air conditioning disappeared from your vehicle apps as if by magic. From one day to the next, accompanied only by a short message. It states, among… Continue reading German FAZ: Caught cold as ice 010478

German FAZ: The most domestic of all Toyota010477

Small small cars have a hard time. Due to many new technical regulations, production costs are rising and profits are difficult to realize. A number of manufacturers such as VW and Opel no longer serve the A segment. Instead of 180,000 units like in 2021, less than 80,000 were sold in Germany last year. Toyota… Continue reading German FAZ: The most domestic of all Toyota010477

German FAZ: What the EU and India trade agreement brings010477

Negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and India took almost 20 years. It only became clear shortly before the goal that it was finally becoming concrete. Indian Trade Secretary Rajesh Agrawal declared on Monday that the negotiations had ended and both sides were ready to announce the agreement on Tuesday. Government… Continue reading German FAZ: What the EU and India trade agreement brings010477

Scientists Investigating 2,000-Year-Old Artifact That Appears to Be a Battery

A 2,000 year old battery, or just a very interesting pot? This is the debate that’s been swirling over the fragments of a puzzling artifact discovered in Iraq nearly a century ago. Dubbed the “Baghdad battery,” it’s believed to have originally been a clay jar housing a copper vessel, at the center of which was… Continue reading Scientists Investigating 2,000-Year-Old Artifact That Appears to Be a Battery

Entire City Buried by Epic Snow

Alexander A. Piragis/Anadolu via Getty Images As much of North America is still recovering from a devastating winter storm over the weekend, other parts of the globe have already been through much worse. Consider the Kamchatka Peninsula, a Russian territory that reaches into the Pacific Ocean north-east of Japan, which has been battling with record… Continue reading Entire City Buried by Epic Snow

AI Is Causing Cultural Stagnation, Researchers Find

Generative AI relies on a massive body of training material, primarily made up of human-authored content haphazardly scraped from the internet. Scientists are still trying to better understand what will happen when these AI models run out of that content and have to rely on synthetic, AI-generated data instead, closing a potentially dangerous loop. Studies… Continue reading AI Is Causing Cultural Stagnation, Researchers Find