TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla enters its Grok era, and teens come for robotaxis

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A word before jumping on the rest of the news GrochThe AI model created Xaione Elon musk Recently Social Media Service X. Yes, it is related to this transport.

GroK, which can analyze the pictures and answer questions, is designed to be an opponent for Openai’s models like Chatgpt. Grock has become a center of X where users interact with AI chatbot. As well as more and more combinations and went several times Anti-Semitic TiratesHe praised Hitler and even threatened the rape. (These articles are taken.)

And yesterday, the latest model of AI correspondent Max Zeff XAI, GROK 4, consult Answering questions about the Israeli and Palestine conflict, abortion, immigration laws and other controversial issues, social media posts from the accounts of the escort.

Which one of which is it connected to transport? Grock comes to Tesla vehicles Next week, escort.

A famous White Hat Hacker who uses the handle “Only only” Did Tesla dug firmware and discovered several. For example, drivers will be able to choose a certain grock “identities”, including NSFW (not secure for work), controversial, children’s story, sexy, therapist, sexy, therapists, sexy and other ones. He said, “GroK currently requires a premium connection and pair to your existing account.”

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Deals!

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Autonomous Vehicles

President Trump It was a candidate Jonathan Morrison go to one’s head National Highway Traffic Safety Department. Morrison Tesla has a database.

This time, it seems Tesla Robotaxi tries to spread their wings. The company applied to test and operate Autonomous vehicles in Arizona In the offer to bring the Fledgling Robotaxi service in the Metro Phoenix region. There are several interesting tidings in our story and explain the Problem of AV in the Phoenix. A critical point: The company needs a TNC permission to provide walking services.

Musk In addition, the robotics will come to the Bay region after receiving the regulation approval of “within one or two months. There is only one issue in this regard: California DMV, which regulates the AVS, said that Tesla did not apply for a driverless testing or placement permission. From today, the Tesla has an autonomous vehicle test permit for a public road test with the security driver held since 2014.

Unfortunate Not only geographically, not to expand. The company opens it Robotaxi service to teenagers in Phoenix. Here, ie adolescents have only registered with a confirmed parent account. It should be under 14 years of age to 17 years and 17 years and 17 years old, so it is not 13 years old. This WAYMO wants to cleanse the secondary schools and only serve those in high school.

This time, smells around Waymo New York City (A place of restrictive in a popular way for AVS) and Philadelphia. Company “Road trips” have started in two northeastern cities. Travel trips may seem like an early test, although all vehicles in New York will be managed manually and use the data and mapping data.

Electric vehicles, batteries and charging

Last week cut the lid of several new houses: Mercedes-Benz CEO Copy took All-electric GLC upcoming for a test walk; Subaru On July 17, 7:30, the new electric compağlaj said that the SUV will reveal the SUV; and Volvo Shared information about carbon footprint All-Electric ES90This summer is then the production begins.

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See the full article About my test driver who reunited technology behind the second generation flagship house.