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5 things about AI you may have missed today: EU AI laws face pushback, Microsoft’s new AI course, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: EU AI laws face pushback, Microsoft’s new AI course, more

[ad_1] Today was a big day in the world of artificial intelligence. As European Union has begun finalizing the redrafted AI laws, many companies have begun sharing concerns and urging the EU to reconsider the policies. In separate news, Microsoft has launched a new AI skills initiative, a free course, across the globe through which it intends to help people understand how to use the potential of AI. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Top companies raise alarm over the EU AI lawsMany big business leaders are opposing the EU's proposed legislation on AI, suggesting that it restricts competitiveness and can harm the growth of this new technology and cause an exodus of investors out of Europe. In an open letter sent to the EU, that has hundreds of signatories inc...
Tesla’s Pepsi Semis Lose Out to Coke’s Electric Renault Trucks
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Tesla’s Pepsi Semis Lose Out to Coke’s Electric Renault Trucks

[ad_1] Renault Trucks has helped Coca-Cola beat Pepsi and Tesla Inc. to the punch on electric deliveries. Renault Trucks has helped Coca-Cola beat Pepsi and Tesla Inc. to the punch on electric deliveries.Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc, the biggest bottler of the soft drink by revenue, on Thursday will start using battery trucks from the Volvo AB-owned brand for local trips in Belgium. Tesla is due to deliver its first Semis to PepsiCo Inc. on Dec. 1 -- five years after Elon Musk showed off prototypes and began taking deposits. When Tesla first unveiled the Semi in November 2017, Musk said it would go into production two years later. While would-be customers including Walmart Inc. and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA put down deposits, the automaker ended up prioritizing output of Model 3 s...
Nissan May Ditch Renault Deal Over Sharing Technology With Geely
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Nissan May Ditch Renault Deal Over Sharing Technology With Geely

[ad_1] Nissan sees risks in Renault Chief Executive Officer Luca de Meo’s plan to merge the French carmaker’s combustion-engine operations with Geely. Nissan Motor Co. is willing to walk away from a deal with Renault SA to re-balance their alliance amid concerns the French carmaker wants to license hundreds of jointly developed patented technologies to other players, including new Chinese partner Zheijiang Geely Holding Group, people familiar with the negotiations said. While both sides appeared near a final agreement two weeks ago, Nissan's board and management have recently expressed concern over Renault's plans for the intellectual property, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn't public. It includes some 500 joint technologies, one of the people...
Renault and Nissan Hold Daily Discussions as EVs Reshape Their Alliance
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Renault and Nissan Hold Daily Discussions as EVs Reshape Their Alliance

[ad_1] Renault SA’s chairman said he’s bullish about the carmaker’s alliance with Japan’s Nissan Motor. Renault SA's chairman said he's bullish about the carmaker's alliance with Japan's Nissan Motor Co. as negotiations intensify on reshaping the two-decade partnership that's been strained by an imbalanced ownership structure. “We talk every day,” Jean-Dominique Senard said at the Paris car show on Monday, adding that representatives from Nissan and smaller partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp. currently are in France. “We have an incredibly close relationship.” Renault's push to carve out its electric-vehicle and combustion-engine businesses -- a plan that requires Nissan's nod -- has sparked bargaining on common projects. The bid has also opened the door for updating the alliance's c...