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Uber embraces ‘dumb’ phones in search for revenue
Uber Eats will now let U.S. customers place orders by telephone as the company looks to expand its potential user base to those who don't own a smartphone.Read More
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Uber claims its AI enables driverless cars to predict traffic movement with...
In a study published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, Uber researchers propose an AI technique that enables cars to predict traffic motion.Read More
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Lyft launches on-demand delivery service for essential goods
Lyft has launched a new on-demand delivery service to provide essential goods to people in need during the coronavirus crisis.Read More
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Uber Connect lets you deliver things to friends and family
Uber has launched Direct and Connect, which opens the company's vast transport network to many more use cases and could help get drivers back to work.Read More
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Uber Eats makes it easier to send meals to friends and family
Uber Eats is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier for people to send a meal to friends and family and allow them to track its progress.Read More
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Uber leads $170 million round in Lime and offloads Jump
Lime has raised $170 million in a round of funding led by Uber, which will now transfer its electric bike service Jump over to Lime. Read More
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Lyft will require drivers and passengers to wear face masks
Lyft will require passengers and drivers to wear masks and complete a health certification program, the company said on Thursday.Read More
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Uber open-sources automated design framework for experiments
Uber open-sourced an AI framework for automating experimental design. It's now available for the company's Pyro platform.Read More
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Uber rolls out AI to verify drivers are wearing face masks
Uber has begun rolling out an AI system to its app that checks whether drivers are wearing masks. It's intended to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.Read More
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Uber cuts 23% of its workforce in push for profitability
Uber will concentrate on its core ride-hailing and food delivery businesses and cut 23% of its workforce in an attempt to become profitable.Read More
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Uber now lets U.S. riders book trips for $50 an hour
Uber is introducing a new service that allows riders in the U.S. to book trips for $50 per hour up to a maximum of seven hours.Read More
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OpenAI and Uber create Virtual Petri Dish to find the best AI model for a task
Researchers at OpenAI and Uber propose Synthetic Petri Dish, a highly efficient technique for finding optimal AI architectures.Read More
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Uber’s self-driving AI predicts the trajectories of pedestrians, vehicles,...
In a paper, Uber researchers describe an autonomous vehicle perception system that reasons about the behavior of pedestrians, vehicles, and cyclists.Read More
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Uber open-sources Neuropod to unify AI frameworks and turn models into products
Uber open-sourced Neuropod, an abstraction layer designed to unify disparate AI frameworks like Google's TensorFlow and Facebook's PyTorch.Read More
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Uber researchers investigate whether AI can behave ethically
In a preprint paper, researchers at Uber explore whether AI algorithms can be trained to make decisions ethically, according to philosophical theories.Read More
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Researchers find racial discrimination in ‘dynamic pricing’ algorithms used...
A preprint study shows ride-hailing services like Uber, Lyft, and Via charge higher prices in certain neighborhoods based on racial and other biases.Read More
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U.S. will unveil data-sharing platform for autonomous vehicle testing
U.S. auto safety regulators will unveil a voluntary effort to collect and make available nationwide data on existing autonomous vehicle testing.Read More
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Uber’s first SaaS partnership brings on-demand public transit to the Uber app
Uber is further opening its platform to transit agencies with a partnership to bring on-demand public transport into the Uber app. Read More
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Waymo and Uber propose AI techniques to improve self-driving systems
At CVPR 2020, Waymo and Uber researchers presented new techniques to improve the reliability -- and safety -- of their self-driving systems.Read More
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Uber confirms $2.7 billion Postmates acquisition
Uber has confirmed it's buying on-demand delivery rival Postmates, consolidating its position in the fiercely competitive U.S. food delivery market.Read More
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