Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know. Everyone and their grandma is creating autonomous tech these days. Tesla, Audi, Cadillac, Mercedes and new players like Uber and Google are just a few of the companies developing software to make cars drive themselves eventually. But Toyota is hanging back.

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Chinese tech giants are increasing their artificial intelligence (AI) investments as they vie to stay competitive in the burgeoning space, according to South China Morning Post. China is the world's second-largest investor in AI after the US -- 66% of AI investments in 2016 were in US-based companies. And although investments in Chinese companies are growing quickly, they still fall behind, making up just 17% of AI investments, according to McKinsey.

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce human decision-making while driving can lead to a dramatic reduction in road accidents. This was the emphasis given by former US transportation secretary Anthony Foxx, during his keynote speech at the inaugural International Road Federation (IRF) Congress- Middle East and North Africa, hosted by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai on Sunday. "This is the first generation that I believe will see a dramatic decrease in road fatalities as a result of technology," Foxx noted. According to the IRF, road accidents are the 10th largest cause of mortality worldwide while it is the second major cause of death after cardiovascular diseases in the UAE, according to Road SafetyUAE. Majority of traffic incidents worldwide are both predictable and preventable, according to a UN General Secretariat report last year.

It attributed that growth to the May launch of its Volta chips as part of its Tesla V100 data center graphic processing unit (GPU) that will power systems ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) to driverless cars. "Shipments of the Tesla V100 GPU began in Q2 and ramped significantly in Q3 driven primarily by demand from cloud service providers and high-performance computing," Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress said on a conference call on Thursday. Inc's Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp's Azure, was a point of concern after a disappointing showing last quarter. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to.

Dr. Iraj Sadegh Amiri received his B. Sc (Applied Physics) from Public University of Urmia, Iran in 2001 and a gold medalist M. Sc. in optics from University Technology Malaysia (UTM), in 2009. He was awarded a PhD degree in photonics in Jan 2014. He has published well over 350 academic publications since the 2012s in optical soliton communications, laser physics, photonics, optics and nanotechnology engineering. Currently he is a senior lecturer in University of Malaysia (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. O.A. Akanbi received his B. Sc. (Hons, Information Technology - Software Engineering) from Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, M. Sc. in Information Security from University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and he is presently a graduate student in Computer Science at Texas Tech University His area of research is in CyberSecurity.

They are, it seems safe to say, just about everywhere--roaming the streets of San Francisco, New York City, Phoenix, Boston, Singapore, Paris, London, Munich, and Beijing. And as Waymo (Google's self-driving car project) launches the world's first fleet of truly driverless cars in Arizona, nearly every automaker, all serious tech companies, and a flock of startups are rushing to colonize an industry that has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives--and generate trillions of dollars. What retains its shock value is how quickly we've gotten here. Ten years ago, there was no reason to think the idea of being whisked about town by a collection of zeroes and ones while you napped or texted or watched TV was anything but the province of science fiction. Namely, the folks watching a group of robots roam an abandoned Air Force base outside Los Angeles, moving through intersections, merging into traffic, finding their own parking spaces, and more.

As China gears up for its version of Black Friday, robots are one way companies are revolutionizing the logistics behind the annual online shopping extravaganza. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. As China gears up for its version of Black Friday, robots are one way companies are revolutionizing the logistics behind the annual online shopping extravaganza.

Everyone is jumping on AI and its advancements and growth in popularity in the recent years have proved a valuable opportunity for businesses and households. Big industry players have already made strides in research, and some of the largest tech companies in the world have been investing in building their own AI framework, making it accessible not only to enterprises but also independent developers. Large tech companies are harnessing the power of AI as more research developments are making strides in improvement in artificial intelligent technology. The success of its Echo products spurred Amazon to put Alexa into a wider range of devices such as lamps, speakers, clocks, and cars. Earlier in 2017, Amazon launched a smart Wi-Fi speaker that uses voice recognition to not only respond to commands, but also display what it sees.

Wages are going up and the technology cost is actually going down,