Welcome to In the Long Run! To kick off the new year, Marie, Joao, and Jim cover some of the biggest tech updates:

• CES 2024 Highlights: Joao and Jim share their experiences from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including Nvidia’s keynote by Jensen Huang. They discuss new graphics cards, Project Digits, and Nvidia Cosmos—a physics foundation model for training autonomous vehicles.
• Autonomous Vehicles: Jim talks about riding Waymo’s robotaxis in San Francisco and what it’s like to travel without a driver. The hosts also discuss the challenges of rolling out self-driving technology in new places.

The episode wraps up with a couple of exciting news items.