03.26.17 Recap

This week in mobility...

Bosch Announces AI Self-Driving Computer with NVIDIA

Also, Chipmaker Nvidia says working with Paccar on driverless trucks

Meanwhile, BMW says self-driving car to be level 5 capable by 2021

And Uber’s autonomous cars drove 20,354 miles and had to be taken over at every mile, according to documents by Johana Bhuiyan

But Alphabet nabbed a new VP as it gears up for government battles over self-driving car regulation by Tony Romm
(spoiler:  Waymo poached a government affairs guru form eBay)

Autonomous car startup NIO unveiled its self-driving concept vehicle

In other news...

Culture and Revolution by Ben Horowtiz

It begins:  bots are leaning to chat in their own language by Cade Metz

The US Navy wants gamers to stop the rise of the machines by Tom Regan

Taking feedback impersonally by Julie Zhuo

Facebook’s new ‘Town Hall’ feature helps you find and contact your government reps by Sarah Perez

Lessons in Tenacity from the Co-Founder of Foursquare by FirstRound and Denis Crowley

NASA signs up four research teams to study the Solar System by Mariella Moon

California's new car emission standards defy the White House by Jon Fingas