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Thanks Jason Calacanis and Alex Wilhelm for having me on the legendary This Week in Startups pod! "What is the final boss level for AVs?" 🤣 Great question — I'm convinced that AI is going to clock this game. We need intelligent machines that we can trust to make decisions in complex scenarios, including those they've never seen before during training. This is Embodied AI and what we are building at Wayve.

We just published a scientific paper on the safety of autonomous vehicles. What makes this particular paper interesting is that there are non-obvious considerations that evolved over a number of years while building AVs for production. We started the “safety” journey back in 2017 when Shai and I focused on the problem of how to guarantee “no lapse of judgment” in AV decision-making resulting in the RSS paper (which later became the core of many standards). In other words, how to make sure the planning engine balances safety and usefulness with guarantees. At the time, the problem of validating the Planner (aka Driving Policy) was the toughest problem because it is a closed-loop so offline validation is not very useful and any change to the Driving Policy code necessitates revalidating the software online. So it did not make sense to perform validation using the statistical approach of collecting miles driven. Over the years we focused on other sources of errors which stem from HW and SW failures to “AI bugs” since the Perception engine (fusing cameras and other sensors) is based on machine learning principles. Simply requiring that the “mean time between failures” will be above some threshold (say, human driving crash statistics) is not sufficient because (i) human driving errors are dominated by illegal activities (like DUI), and (ii) Humans are subject to a “duty of care” principle which means they should avoid taking “unreasonable” risks even if those are very rare. For example, a baby lying on the highway is an extremely rare event and might not appear in any validation set, yet a Human driver will take action to prevent a collision because this event constitutes an “unreasonable risk”. In our latest paper, we combine both miles driven and the notion of unreasonable risk into a theoretical framework while also tackling the “fusion” problem in a novel manner. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4ic23gT Mobileye

🎙️ #Stellantis Tech & AI #podcast episode 18: In this episode, we sit down with Paola Baratta , Test Center Manager, to explore the incredible advancements made over the last few years in battery technology and testing. Paola shares how our test centers have become a driving force in developing new battery technologies for #electric vehicles. Tune in to discover the behind-the-scenes processes shaping the future of sustainable mobility. Listen the full episode to know more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/ewmJTvxv

⚡#EnterElectric —That’s the name of the e-mobility campaign we are launching today! 💪 Many of our brands are supporting this during the coming weeks and months: AUDI AG, CUPRA, Elli , PowerCo SE, Porsche AG, Škoda Auto, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and Volkswagen Financial Services will be pushing clear facts and advantages of all-electric mobility. We are planning a wide range of formats, to counter myths that are still widely believed. The initiative targets retail and fleet customers, employees, dealers and media. 💬 Dr. Sebastian Rudolph, Head of Global Group Communications: “It is important to keep explaining technological change and to clarify both advantages and prejudices. This applies in particular to suitability for daily use, #battery, charging convenience, and sustainability. With our cross-brand initiative, we want to make an informative contribution to this.” Keep an eye on our channels and let us know what you think!

Today in a new paper, Mobileye unveils a safety architecture for deploying self-driving systems at scale building upon two key principles: •Overall mean time between failure of the system should be at least as good as human statistics. •The system should eliminate unreasonable risk, where the self-driving system provider is transparent about the boundary between reasonable and unreasonable risk.
 Read more here: https://bit.ly/4fKjROj Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Moran Molnar, Ilai Granot, Almog Shany, Amnon Shashua

How do we make sure we're putting people first when developing new technology? 🔊 Don't miss Camilla Fowler, our Director of Safety Assurance speaking at PAVE UK's next webinar: Putting Users at the Heart of Connected Automotive Mobility (CAM) Design. Camilla joins Dr. Genovefa Kefalidou, Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, University of Leicester, along with moderator David Wong, Head of Technology and Innovation, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) for the discussion. 🗓️ Date: Thursday 28th Nov 🕜 Time: 2-3 pm (GMT) 📍 Location: Zoom 🔗 Registration: Use the link in the comments to find out more and sign up for the event.

From vision to reality - the journey of our Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 just begun. 🚛🔋 #DaimlerTruck #FutureMoves #eActros600

🚗 🌟 John Wall, COO and Head of BlackBerry QNX, has been nominated by Automotive News as an Automotive News All-Star for 2024 in the ‘Supplier Innovation’ category! This recognition highlights John’s exceptional dedication to driving innovation and excellence across the automotive supplier industry. Congratulations, John, on this well-deserved nomination! 🙌 Here’s to even more milestones in the future. https://bit.ly/4hZOG3f #Automotive #SoftwareDefinedVehicles

In #NorthAmerica, past capital and resource allocation in the automotive industry often destroyed more value than it created. So, how can OEMs and suppliers build more sustainable businesses amidst rising costs, labor shortages, and talent retention challenges? The answer lies in automation. 🤖 Especially in automotive manufacturing, automation is critical to improving efficiency, reducing costs, and addressing these growing pressures. Gain more insights in our Automotive Outlook 2040 and learn, how to #PACE yourself for the marathon ahead: 🚗 https://lnkd.in/d4e-KX79 #RolandBerger #PACE2040 #Automotive2040 #AutomotiveOutlook Brandon Boyle