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Stellantis teams up with Pony AI to develop robotaxis in Europe 

Stellantis teams up with Pony AI to develop robotaxis in Europe 

Automaker Stellantis and Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai have signed a nonbinding agreement to build robotaxis for deployment in Europe.   The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’ electric medium-size van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles. The companies plan to first deploy test vehicles based on the…

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Chatbots Play With Your Emotions to Avoid Saying Goodbye

Chatbots Play With Your Emotions to Avoid Saying Goodbye

Regulation of dark patterns has been proposed and is being discussed in both the US and Europe. De Freitas says regulators also should look at whether AI tools introduce more subtle—and potentially more powerful—new kinds of dark patterns. Even regular chatbots, which tend to avoid presenting themselves as companions, can elicit emotional responses from users…

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How AREA15 Is Evolving Immersive Entertainment With Universal Horror Unleashed and More

How AREA15 Is Evolving Immersive Entertainment With Universal Horror Unleashed and More

Las Vegas immersive entertainment hub AREA15 is turning five in a big way, celebrating the arrival of its second phase of development on September 17. Zone 2’s main attraction, Universal Horror Unleashed, opened its doors over the summer to attract seasonal tourists, but the rest of the offerings are following suit as the year draws…

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How ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Fans Turned Waiting for Its Release Into a Game

How ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Fans Turned Waiting for Its Release Into a Game

Initially, Silksong was planned as downloadable content for the original game, before its creators expanded it into a full-fledged sequel. In August, when developers surprise-announced that the game would launch in just two weeks, at least half a dozen other indie developers immediately delayed their own games to clear the way. “Dropping the GTA of…

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'V/H/S/HALLOWEEN' trailer teases found footage horror with a trick-or-treat theme

‘V/H/S/HALLOWEEN’ trailer teases found footage horror with a trick-or-treat theme

The V/H/S franchise really is the gory gift that keeps giving. The latest in Brad Miska’s found footage horror franchise, V/H/S Halloween, includes six new segments from directors Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic. As you can probably guess, they’re Halloween themed. And just as…

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Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer’s network with a ‘kill switch’

A former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer’s network after leaving the company. Davis Lu, 55, was convicted of installing a “kill switch” on the network of his former employer by planting malicious code designed to crash its servers in the event that he was fired….

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