Clean Technica: Forget Siri & Alexa, Tesla Is Coming Out With A Full-On Robot001193

Last decade tech giants introduced phantom digital “assistants” that answer requests and perform simple tasks in the house. Whether you wanted to turn off the lights or find out when daylight savings time begins, Alexa and Siri have you covered. But Amazon and Apple are tangled up in yesterday’s tech. Tesla is taking all this… Continue reading Clean Technica: Forget Siri & Alexa, Tesla Is Coming Out With A Full-On Robot001193

Clean Technica: Tesla Automation In My Model 3 Today: The (Amazingly) Good, The Bad, & The Ugly001192

By Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler, PhD, former leader of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization & Analysis Laboratory (creator of this iconic image), and avid CleanTechnica reader Over the last seven years, I’ve driven three different Nissan Leaf models and now a Tesla Model 3 with the HW3 computer (for the past two years… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Automation In My Model 3 Today: The (Amazingly) Good, The Bad, & The Ugly001192

Cleantechnica: Tesla New Product — Robot Hamburger Flipper 001191

As is often the case with Elon, at the end of the AI Day presentation today, there was a surprise announcement of a new product. In this case, it was a human-like robot with the FSD computer inside of it to direct its actions. In Elon time, it will be on the market next year.… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla New Product — Robot Hamburger Flipper 001191

China steps up automobile data protection

An autonomous vehicle takes to the road in Shanghai’s Jiading district. [Photo by Wu Jun/For China Daily] China issued trial guidelines on automobile data protection on Friday in a move to protect drivers’ privacy and safeguard national security as vehicles are becoming increasingly digitalized in the world’s largest auto market. The Ministry of Industry and… Continue reading China steps up automobile data protection

China data rules to squeeze overseas development of self-driving tech

BEIJING — China’s new rules on the handling of automotive data will take effect Oct. 1 and build a barrier against foreign companies from accessing driving records and onboard images, a move that will hamper their own efforts to advance self-driving technology. Draft rules based on the nation’s new slew of legislation governing data, were first published in May, with the… Continue reading China data rules to squeeze overseas development of self-driving tech

Elon Musk dreams of electric robots

Hello, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech, including: I’m Insider Tech Features Editor Alexei Oreskovic, and I’m always eager to hear your thoughts, feedback and tips, so hit me up at aoreskovic@insider.com. Did someone forward this newsletter to you? Sign up… Continue reading Elon Musk dreams of electric robots

Elon Musk says ‘Tesla Bots’ will hopefully be sent to work on Mars in inhospitable environments

Elon Musk said Tesla’s humanoid robots may someday work on Mars. A Twitter user asked if they would be mass-produced and sent to the planet. “Hopefully,” Musk said. To some, Musk’s announcement mirrored Isaac Asimov’s book series, “I, Robot.” Loading Something is loading. Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said the company’s artificial-intelligence bots may… Continue reading Elon Musk says ‘Tesla Bots’ will hopefully be sent to work on Mars in inhospitable environments

Tesla Bot Takes Tech Demos to Their Logical Conclusion

The robot was not at all real. Or it was very real, depending on whether you believe realness is closely related to physiology or whether you think this whole reality is a simulation. Which is to say, the robot was actually a human cosplaying as a humanoid robot. The robot shuffled on stage during Tesla’s… Continue reading Tesla Bot Takes Tech Demos to Their Logical Conclusion

GM recalls all Chevy Bolts for fire risk, recall to cost extra $1 billion

General Motors on Friday issued a new recall that expands to all Chevrolet Bolt EVs and the new EUV for fire risk and will provide customers with an eight-year warranty or 100,000 miles on new battery modules for the affected cars. The automaker said it expects the recall to cost it an additional $1 billion and… Continue reading GM recalls all Chevy Bolts for fire risk, recall to cost extra $1 billion

Elon Musk joked about Tesla autopilot mistakes as the technology faces scrutiny: ‘I actually have a T-shirt with a stop sign on it. If you flash the car, it will stop.’

Elon Musk touted Tesla’s artificial intelligence with dancing robots and self-driving cars. One attendee asked if Tesla’s lack of 3D sensors could subject cars to “adversarial attacks.” In response, Musk joked that his t-shirt with a stop sign on it has caused the car to stop.  Loading Something is loading. Tesla CEO Elon Musk touted… Continue reading Elon Musk joked about Tesla autopilot mistakes as the technology faces scrutiny: ‘I actually have a T-shirt with a stop sign on it. If you flash the car, it will stop.’