Tesla’s robo-taxi service has the potential to lead to a trillion-dollar valuation due to its scalable, low-cost AI approach, and could generate trillions of dollars in profit, significantly outpacing competitors.

Questions to inspire discussion.

Tesla’s Robo Taxi Business Model.
Q: What potential profit could Tesla’s robo taxi model generate per vehicle? A: Tesla’s robo taxi model could generate $150,000 in profit per year from each vehicle if charging prices similar to Uber.

Questions to inspire discussion.

Q: What are the potential issues with the Uber-Lucid-Neuro robotaxi partnership? A: The partnership is a “cluster f waiting to happen” due to independent entities involved, which typically end in a “messy divorce”, making it potentially uncompetitive against fully integrated solutions like Tesla’s.

Q: How does Tesla’s robotaxi service area expansion compare to Waymo’s? A: Tesla expanded its service area in 22 days, while Waymo’s first service area expansion in Austin, Texas took 4 months and 13 days, demonstrating Tesla’s faster and more aggressive approach to expansion.

Business Viability.

Q: What concerns exist about the Uber-Lucid-Neuro robotaxi partnership’s business case? A: While considered a “breakout moment” for autonomous vehicles, the business case and return on investment for the service remain unclear, according to former Ford CEO Mark Fields.

Q: What manufacturing advantage does Tesla have in the robotaxi market? A: Tesla’s fully vertically integrated approach and ability to mass-manufacture Cyber Cabs at a scale of tens of thousands per month gives it a significant cost-per-mile advantage over competitors using more expensive, non-specialized vehicles. ## Key Insights.

Google Search is getting a new AI-powered feature to make phone calls on your behalf to local businesses.

An international law enforcement action dismantled a Romanian ransomware gang known as ‘Diskstation,’ which encrypted the systems of several companies in the Lombardy region, paralyzing their businesses.

The law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation Elicius’ was coordinated by Europol and also involved police forces in France and Romania.

Diskstation is a ransomware operation that targets Synology Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices, which are commonly used by companies for centralized file storage and sharing, data backup and recovery, and general content hosting.

Key perspectives and strategies to defend against the ever-growing tide of cyber risks.

Businesses need to adopt crucial strategies and tactics to safeguard against the increasing number of cyber threats.

Massimo Pigliucci, Roman Yampolskiy, Anders Sandberg, and Nadine Dijkstra discuss the latest developments in neuroscience and computer programming.

Can we upload our minds to computers?

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The idea of uploading our minds to the digital cloud has not only been taken seriously by Silicon Valley, but turned into a detailed business plan. Elon Musk claims digitising consciousness will revolutionise humanity, and the industry is estimated to be worth $50 billion by 2030. But it’s unknown whether, in principle, we can replicate minds with computer code, or whether we should seek to do so. Critics argue we have no idea how a machine could create consciousness, and neuroscientists have yet to provide an explanation for how the brain does so. A survey of specialists by Nature found the majority thought it unlikely AI would achieve consciousness anytime soon.

Should we see talk of uploading our minds to the cloud as implausible tech marketing nonsense? Should we conclude that if thought and consciousness are unobservable, it will not be possible to replicate the mind with silicon chips? Or is digital immortality such a profound and important sea change in our lives and potential that we should pursue it at all costs?

#consciousness #ai #artificialintelligence #elonmusk #neuralink #neuroscience.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

One of the problems of conventional filters used in homes, businesses and public spaces is their poor performance. They rely on weak van der Waals forces to capture particles like dust and pollen, meaning they let a lot of stuff slip through. Nature, however, does the job a whole lot better.

Drawing inspiration from the human body, chemical engineers at Chung-Ang University in South Korea designed an air filtration system that mimics the mucus layer coating nasal hairs.

Quantum Computing Innovation In Pharma — Dr. Thomas Ehmer, Ph.D. — Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Dr. Thomas Ehmer, Ph.D. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tehmer/) is a seasoned technology strategist with over two decades of experience in IT innovation, business development, and R&D within the pharmaceutical industry, and co-founder of the Quantum Interest Group, at Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany (https://www.emdgroup.com/en).

Dr. Ehmer currently is in the Sector Data Office — AI Governance and Innovation Incubator at Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany, where he scouts emerging and disruptive technologies, demonstrating their potential value for R&D applications, with a focus on quantum technologies.

Throughout his career at Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany, Dr. Ehmer has played a pivotal role in shaping IT strategy, business process optimization, and digital transformation across the entire pharmaceutical value chain, currently focusing on transparent AI and how and where emerging technology can help patients live a better life. His expertise spans technology scouting, business analysis, and IT program leadership, having successfully driven major global projects.

Beyond his corporate career, Dr. Ehmer is an active private seed investor and has contributed to quantum computing research and applications in drug discovery, authoring publications on the potential of quantum computing and machine learning in pharmaceutical R&D (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527840748.ch26).

Microsoft has confirmed a widespread issue in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) that prevents organizations from syncing with Microsoft Update and deploying the latest Windows updates.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a Microsoft product that allows businesses to manage and distribute Windows updates to computers within their network.

By default, WSUS synchronizes with Microsoft Update servers once a day, when it downloads the latest metadata on available Windows updates. Admins can change the frequency if they wish in the settings.