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Autonomous driving startup AutoBrain to start Level-3 car sales in 2020
Level 3 systems have been questioned with some test results suggesting human drivers are too trusting.
Posted inUp and Comers
Momenta claims China’s first self-driving unicorn title after new round of funding
Momenta beat out Pony.ai, which was “close to” the $1 billion mark in July.
Posted inOn the Cusp
Guangzhou releases autonomous vehicle road test draft proposal
Guangzhou Municipal government today released a Draft Guidance Opinion on Smart Vehicle Road Test (广州市关于智能网联汽车道路测试有关工作的指导意见(征求意见稿)). The government hopes to collect feedback from the public as soon as possible. According to the Draft Guidance Opinion, corporates behind autonomous driving vehicles shall bear safety responsibility. Companies should buy commercial insurance that covers no less than RMB 5 […]
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Understanding China’s unmanned (r)evolution: China cares less about user experience than you think
While Amazon Go has been stealing headlines since it was revealed last year, we here at TechNode have been covering China’s increasing commitment to unmanned stores for about just as long. But, how exactly are China’s stores different and why are the technological and business models different from Amazon Go? First is speed: After announcing […]
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Beijing gives Baidu licenses to road test driverless cars
Beijing city authorities gave Baidu the first batch of licenses to conduct open road test for driverless vehicles. Chinese tech giant Baidu has been making efforts in developing AI technology and is the only company to obtain five temporary plates for road tests in Beijing. Baidu will be testing its Apollo autonomous driving technology in […]
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Next-gen technologies need a use case to have an impact: JD CTO Zhang Chen
JD is very serious about AI and other emerging technologies. The online retailer wants to lead China’s innovations not only in terms of business models but also in technologies. “Technology underscores many facets of our business. It is a big focus for us, in addition to user experience, logistics, and fintech, among other areas,” Zhang […]
Posted inOn the Cusp, Up and Comers
ChinaBang 2018’s top 5 AI startups
The times they are a-changin’: in 2016, widescale commercial application of artificial intelligence was still a faraway high-tech dream. The ChinaBang Awards did not even have a specialized category for this technology. 2017 marked a new milestone—China decided to become the world’s strongest AI power. In the same year, ChinaBang gave out awards to three […]
Posted inWith Chinese Characteristics
Explainer: Why Taiwan is down but not out in the global AI race
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our businesses, industries and the global economy at large. As other countries swarm to seize emerging opportunities brought by AI, Taiwan, the island situated amongst two AI front-runners—China and Japan—seems to have trouble rising above the clamor. The high-tech island is home to some of the world’s leading hardware and […]
