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Ample claims it can swap out an EV battery in about five minutes.

August 26, 2024 TOGETHER WITH It's Monday. Don't fret about this Wednesday's highly anticipated Nvidia earnings—our team is on the clock, and we've got two days to think about other things: EV batteries, how to spot AI-generated text, and the White House's first post on LinkedIn. In today's edition: Visiting Japan's roadways with EV battery-swapping startup Ample Detecting AI-generated text isn't easy The White House joins LinkedIn —Jordyn Grzelewski, Patrick Kulp, Jasmine Sheena, Margarita Noriega FUTURE OF TRAVEL Wanna swap? Ample Most drivers are used to pulling up to a gas pump and refueling in a matter of minutes. Recharging an EV is a more time-consuming endeavor. But what if it could take the same amount of time? California-based startup Ample is among the companies betting on the idea that drivers—especially commercial fleet operators—would rather swap out vehicle batteries when it's running low on juice. Ample claims it can swap out a battery in about five minutes—similar to a trip to the gas station. After partnering with Uber in California, Ample is now testing its business in Japan. Earlier this month, the company unveiled a partnership with truck manufacturer Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation and delivery-service provider Yamato Transport to use swapping stations during some of Yamato's deliveries in Kyoto. John de Souza, president and co-founder of Ample, told Tech Brew that the company focused on solving three challenges: how to make sure automakers didn't have to redesign vehicles to enable battery swapping; coming up with a solution that works across vehicle models; and how to build infrastructure quickly and inexpensively. The solution they came up with is Ample's modular architecture, which the company claims is compatible with any EV. Ample describes its EV battery as "Lego-like battery modules that can accommodate any make, design, model, or driving profile." 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AI On second thought Illustration: Anna Kim, Photo: Adobe Stock From a suspicious penchant for "delving in" to decidedly wishy-washy opinions, there are certain telltale signs that can give readers a sense that a piece of writing could be AI-generated—but declaring as much with consistent certainty has proven an especially tricky problem for developers attempting to create AI text detectors. Many of these systems can be thwarted by the simple addition of an unusual symbol into the text. They might perform well on one type of content, say, student essays, but fall short on another, like news articles. And detectors that can reliably identify AI-generated writing can also mistake human-authored work for that of machines. All of those findings come from a study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania that casts doubt on some of the advertised claims of AI text detectors currently on the market. Keep reading here.—PK SOCIAL MEDIA Official business Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Less than three months out from Election Day, the Biden-Harris administration is embracing the social media network that connects the world's professionals. On Friday, the administration shared its first-ever post on LinkedIn, marking the first time the White House's official account has embraced the platform. Friday's post on the account, which had around 67,000 followers as of that morning, shared information from the White House Office of Digital Strategy about last week's White House Creator Economy Conference, in which topics like mental health and pay equity were discussed and had roughly 100 creators in attendance. Keep reading on Marketing Brew.—JS TOGETHER WITH BISHOP GOLD GROUP As good as gold. Maybe you've heard that gold and precious metals are considered inflation hedges. But did you know you can actually switch some of your IRA or 401(k) to gold or silver? 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