Interesting Links for 06-06-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The "death of self-driving cars" has been greatly exaggerated

2. Cameron-Osborne austerity left UK 'hugely unprepared' for Covid

(tags:Pandemic austerity UK doom )

3. Lung cancer pill which cuts risk of death by half 'should change the way patients are treated'

(tags:cancer medicine )

4. Austrian party reverses leadership result after spreadsheet hiccup

(tags:spreadsheet elections fail viaSwampers )

5. Twitter U.S. advertising sales sink to less than half of what they were a year ago

(tags:Twitter advertising Doom )

6. There's an unusual case of Covid that is being tracked through waste water - not not accurately enough to find the person

(tags:Pandemic infection USA )

Comments

Re: 1 Self-driving cars

[andrewducker]

I found https://cryptonews.com/news/ponyai-introduces-driverless-robotaxi-service-shenzhen-following-successful-launch-guangzhou.htm and https://technode.com/2023/01/20/baidu-operates-self-driving-commercial-service-in-shenzhens-pingshan-district/
Would love to know how advanced they are!

Re: 1 Self-driving cars

[mellowtigger]

Interesting links. China seems to be leading most of the practical AI services in the world. Half a decade ago, iFlyTek produced an AI that passed China's written portion of their national medical licensing exam. They now offer a range of interesting products.

https://global.iflytek.com/