Tesla's announcement today of 14,000 layoffs is casting a spotlight on the health of the electric vehicle market.

While EV sales have grown almost every year ... the demand is still quite low.  Fast charging EV's is perhaps the biggest obstacle to wider adoption of electric cars.

KNX News talked with Matt Petersen, CEO of the LA Cleantech Incubator Lab ... he says that public chargers are often unreliable and broken ... but they're trying to get better at fixing them.

Then there's the dilemma of getting charging stations into apartment buildings.

Even with the challenges, Petersen has ambitious goals for building out chargers ... and expanding EV's ... for SoCal.

Tesla's announcement today of 14,000 layoffs is casting a spotlight on the health of the electric vehicle market.
While EV sales have grown almost every year ... the demand is still quite low.  Fast charging EV's is perhaps the biggest obstacle to wider adoption of electric cars.
KNX News talked with Matt Petersen, CEO of the LA Cleantech Incubator Lab ... he says that public chargers are often unreliable and broken ... but they're trying to get better at fixing them.
Then there's the dilemma of getting charging stations into apartment buildings.
Even with the challenges, Petersen has ambitious goals for building out chargers ... and expanding EV's ... for SoCal.

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KNX BIG STORIES:  Is a lacking charger infrastructure holding back popularity of EV's?

Alden Global Capital, the owner of eight major newspapers in cities across the U.S. has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement.

They are claiming that generative artificial intelligence models are being fed human-created reporting ... and then essentially ripping it off.

This comes after the New York Times filed a similar lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, earlier this year.

Richard Tofel is a consultant who formerly served as president of the independent news reporting outlet Pro-Publica; he writes a substack called Second Rough Draft.

He explained to us the copyright principles at stake; Tofel says newspapers are arguing that human created articles and reporting are just being re-purposed by AI:

Several other news outlets ... including the Financial Times and Associated Press ... have made similar claims about A-I models stealing from their reporting.  

But instead of a lawsuit, the outlets have worked out compensation deals to be paid by OpenAI and Microsoft.

Alden Global Capital, the owner of eight major newspapers in cities across the U.S. has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement.
They are claiming that generative artificial intelligence models are being fed human-created reporting ... and then essentially ripping it off.
This comes after the New York Times filed a similar lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, earlier this year.
Richard Tofel is a consultant who formerly served as president of the independent news reporting outlet Pro-Publica; he writes a substack called <a href="https://dicktofel.substack.com/">Second Rough Draft</a>.
He explained to us the copyright principles at stake; Tofel says newspapers are arguing that human created articles and reporting are just being re-purposed by AI:
Several other news outlets ... including the Financial Times and Associated Press ... have made similar claims about A-I models stealing from their reporting.  
But instead of a lawsuit, the outlets have worked out compensation deals to be paid by OpenAI and Microsoft.

Owner of 8 newspapers across the U.S. sues OpenAI & Microsoft charging copyright infringement on human-created news reporting

A collision involving a Metro E Line train and a USC Transportation bus in the Exposition Park area today resulted in 18 people being taken to hospitals and about three dozen others treated for minor injuries at the scene.

KNX News' Pete Demetriou reports.

A collision involving a Metro E Line train and a USC Transportation bus in the Exposition Park area today resulted in 18 people being taken to hospitals and about three dozen others treated for minor injuries at the scene.
KNX News' Pete Demetriou reports.

18 sent to the hospital after crash between USC bus, Metro train

The Israel-Hamas war protests have spread to colleges across the country. Early last week, we were focused on Columbia University. Then, a protest popped up at USC then UCLA. Now they're all over. KNX News Chief Correspondent Charles Feldman  talked to history professor Angus Johnston from City University New York. He studies student activism and explains how these protests are similar and different from protests during the Vietnam War. 

The Israel-Hamas war protests have spread to colleges across the country. Early last week, we were focused on Columbia University. Then, a protest popped up at USC then UCLA. Now they're all over. KNX News Chief Correspondent Charles Feldman  talked to history professor Angus Johnston from City University New York. He studies student activism and explains how these protests are similar and different from protests during the Vietnam War.

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