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- on French AI startup Mistral valued at over 21 billion euros after latest funding in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 9 Sep 2026
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on A German city may soon ban smart glasses on public transport, pools in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
Yeah I do think there’s real utility to these and they’ll become more and more useful. These companies are working towards AR glasses that could completely replace phones.
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on Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
Obviously my point was not that Model Y cannot function as a robotaxi, just that since they seem to be needing to gradually expand a geofence, validate, continuously monitor the vehicles in operation and are even picking the strategy of not utilizing existing cars that much and instead building the Cybercab. This suggests that no opportunity for millions of Tesla owners to sign their own vehicle up for robotaxi duties is coming any time soon.
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on Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6 Sep 2026
I have significant doubts about this “any Tesla as robotaxi” idea at least if you’re referring to Musk’s empty promises about how you could make money off your own Tesla while not using it.
The simple explanation is indeed that they’ve noticed 2 seats is enough for most taxi usage and IIRC I’ve seen some articles say the data supports that. They’ve optimized the Cybercab to be their taxi in this and other ways. Clearly they’ve also made efforts to maximize its range and chosen an interior that is easy to clean, removed the glass roof and even the rear window that would possibly not last so long in heavy use etc.
If there’s ever going to be a bigger taxi from them I’d expect it to be another purpose-built vehicle.
is it really pointless though, can we ensure these Chinese models aren’t biased in a way China wants them to be? Honest question.