It's been instructive to see "Ballerina," which opens this week, so soon after the new "Mission: Impossible" installment. In the latter, it's hard to top Tom Cruise's intrepid stunt work, which reaches its zenith in a pair of extended sequences (one in a submarine, the other on biplanes), but the story, involving a diabolical scheme using A.I. to commandeer and launch the world's nuclear weaponry, is a mere pretext. Going to "Mission: Impossible" for the story is like going to Casablanca for the waters. In contrast, "Ballerina"--like the four John Wick films that it's spun off from--is, strangely, far better at story than at action. The first John Wick film is the weakest, because the framework for the franchise was still unformed: a retired hit man (Keanu Reeves) gets back into action to respond to a mobster's attacks.

The software-defined nature of the HRL131 means it is situationally aware, with the ability to adapt its scan pattern depending on the driving scenario to maximize safety. It's critical that manufacturers be able to test and validate these performance modes and the product's performance in diverse situations, which NVIDIA DRIVE Sim will uniquely enable.

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Arm unveiled some new tools for chipmakers and car makers to developed "software-defined" automobiles of the future. Software-defined automobiles are those that can be reprogrammed for different functions using software, even after the cars ship to owners. Cambridge, England-based Arm is working with major automobile suppliers and tech firms including AWS, Continental, Cariad, and more. The car features range from driver-assisted safety measures to self-driving cars. But the one thing they share in common is that they're loaded with electronics.

Hanover, Germany – Continental has acquired a minority stake in Recogni, a German-US start-up working on a new chip architecture for AI-based object-recognition in real time. The San Jose, California-based tech firm's chips are intended for use in Continental's vehicle computers, for example to perform rapid processing of sensor data for automated and autonomous driving. As an investor – percentage stake not disclosed – the Hanover-based group is contributing financial support and expertise in the field of AI, vehicle sensors and advanced driver assistance systems to Recogn's chip design work. Continental said volume production featuring the new chip application could begin as early as 2026: the new processors serving as "ultra-economical data boosters: with minimal energy consumption." The development, it added, will enable vehicle computers to gain a rapid sense of the vehicle's immediate surroundings, thus creating the basis for automated and autonomous driving.

Continental India has announced its partnership with several academic institutions in India. Continental will collaborate with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IIT Madras, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi. Through the partnership, Continental and the academic institutions aim to build competencies on niche ADAS functionalities that would help toward autonomous driving technologies. Continental is one of the leading automotive tech companies working towards the development of autonomous driving technologies. Continental is particularly working on research in scenario perception.

Ride Vision, an Israeli startup that is building an AI-driven safety system to prevent motorcycle collisions, today announced that it has raised a $7 million Series A round led by crowdsourcing platform OurCrowd. YL Ventures, which typically specializes in cybersecurity startups but also led the company's $2.5 million seed round in 2018, Mobilion VC and motorcycle mirror manufacturer Metagal also participated in this round. The company has now raised a total of $10 million. In addition to this new funding round, Ride Vision also today announced a new partnership with automotive parts manufacturer Continental . "As motorcycle enthusiasts, we at Ride Vision are excited at the prospect of our international launch and our partnership with Continental," Uri Lavi, CEO and co-founder of Ride Vision, said in today's announcement.

Continental AG is taking a minority stake in AEye Inc., a Dublin, California-based developer of LiDAR technology, in order to bring its autonomous vehicle technology to commercial vehicles sooner. Specifically, AEye, founded in 2013, has developed a long-range LiDAR system that can detect vehicles at a distance of more than 300 meters and pedestrians at more than 200 meters. Continental hopes the investment will enhance its current short-range LiDAR technology that is slated to go into production by the end of 2020. Then the AEye system would be deployed in a automotive passenger or commercial vehicle later this decade. "We now have optimum short-range and long-range LiDAR technologies with their complimentary sets of benefits under one roof," said Frank Petznick, head of Continental's advanced driver assistance systems, in a statement.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning(ML) is becoming increasingly important for mobility. That is why Continental has now developed a code of ethics for AI/ML. It applies to all Continental locations worldwide and serves as a guide for all collaboration partners of the company. "Artificial intelligence can and must only be programmed and used in accordance with clear ethical principles," explains Dirk Abendroth, chief technology officer of Continental Automotive. "Smart algorithms play a huge role in the automotive industry, such as in the case of autonomous driving. As a technology company, we are responsible for ensuring that all our product developments and internal processes are in keeping with ethical standards. This is why AI-based decision-making must always be nondiscriminatory."

At the ongoing the In ter na tional Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, technology company Continental, together with the French company EasyMile, of which Continental has been a shareholder since 2017, are demonstrating the mobility of the future -- quite literally. Trade fair visitors can commute autonomously and powered only by electricity between two stops. The two companies have set up a demonstration track for a driverless Robo-Taxi between Hall 9 and the IAA Test Drive on the West Outdoor Area.German Chancellor Angela Merkel was one of the visitors to the fair who took a ride in the Cube robo taxi. The Robo-Taxi Cube is a Continental development platform for driverless vehicles technologies based on the EZ10 shuttle and driverless software from EasyMile. The shuttle service runs on all days of the fair during opening hours.

Continental has gained a minority stake in Cartica AI, which develops artificial intelligence (AI) software that helps to speed up machine learning in the field of object recognition in automobiles. Continental has been participating in the field of AI for object recognition in ADAS. The sensor data and images are employed to detect objects in the road with the help of the software in the vehicle control units. Continental believes Cartica AI software has the potential to help new vehicle systems from various companies and manufacturers work on the fast development of object recognition for the entire industry. "Cartica AI offers the opportunity for faster production of AI projects in the automotive sector. It could be an alternative to lengthy and complex human safeguards in the area of data quality in machine learning," said Continental's head of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Demetrio Aiello.