Google’s A.I. Bonanza + Driverless Car Talk With Cruise C.E.O. Kyle Vogt
Hard Fork12 Mai 2023

Google’s A.I. Bonanza + Driverless Car Talk With Cruise C.E.O. Kyle Vogt

At its biggest event of the year, Google announced an avalanche of A.I. product releases: A.I. in search, A.I. that writes emails and A.I. that generates slides. Is Google pulling ahead in the A.I. arms race?

And, after years of hype, self-driving cars are finally hitting the streets of American cities. Kevin and Casey take a ride through San Francisco in Banana Slug — an autonomous vehicle from the self-driving car company Cruise. After their ride, they sit down with Cruise’s chief executive, Kyle Vogt, to discuss the role he thinks self-driving cars will play in the future of transportation.

On today’s episode:

  • Kyle Vogt is the chief executive of Cruise, a self-driving car company.

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