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How to Inspect a Car Before You Buy it

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When you use an online car auction site like SCA, you may be wondering if you can inspect the auto auction vehicles before you bid on them. Because they are online auto auctions, you have the benefit of direct access to auto auctions all over the United States, but that can make inspecting the cars before buying them a challenge.

As you browse the auction site, you may notice that the salvage autos from auctions have a thumbnail photo of the car you can click that will take you to the listing description. In the descriptions, you will find a lot more information about the vehicle. [Read more…] about How to Inspect a Car Before You Buy it

How to Buy Salvage Cars Online

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You have probably heard about all of the money that you can save by using online car auctions. So, if you are from Los Angeles, you may have been looking for online Los Angeles auctions. However, for some consumers, getting started with online auto auctions can be daunting.

Online auto auctions can be confusing and a little bit scary if you do not know how things work. An auto purchase is typically one of the biggest purchases an individual can make in their life, and no one wants to get their purchase wrong.

The great thing is that we have done research and planning for you to make your next online auto purchase simple and straightforward. Read on to find out how easy, fun, and financially beneficial online auto auctions can be. [Read more…] about How to Buy Salvage Cars Online

Einride completes auction for first design sketch of its autonomous truck

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Swedish freight technology company Einride has completed an auction for the first-ever sketch of its award-winning Pod – its name for the autonomous truck it launched a few years ago. The auction was its first foray into the crypto space as the sketch was part of what’s called a “non-fungible token”. 

A non-fungible token, or NFT, is a unique and non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain, which is a form of digital ledger and forms the basis of cryptocurrencies. Basically, it’s like a bitcoin or something you exchange for bitcoins.

The Pod, an all-electric, totally autonomous vehicle, was first debuted in 2016 and Einride has since delivered on its promise to reduce carbon emissions for customers by more than 90 percent compared with traditional diesel freight vehicles. [Read more…] about Einride completes auction for first design sketch of its autonomous truck

Christie’s sells painting produced by AI for almost half a million dollars

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World-famous auction house Christie’s in New York has sold a painting produced by an artificial intelligence system for almost half a million dollars. 

The shock price is almost 45 times the $10,000 upper estimate the auctioneer had placed on the painting before the sale, as reported on this website.

The painting, called “Portrait of Edmond Belamy”, sold for “an incredible $432,500”, in Christie’s own words on its website.  [Read more…] about Christie’s sells painting produced by AI for almost half a million dollars

Christie’s in New York to auction painting produced by artificial intelligence for around $10,000

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A painting produced by artificial intelligence will be auctioned by Christie’s in an auction tomorrow – Thursday, 25th October 2018 – in New York.

The portrait, called Edmond de Belamy (main picture), is believed to be the first piece of AI art to go under the hammer at a major auction house and is created by French art collective “Obvious”.

The AI system compares its own portraits against ones made by human artists and works on them until it is unable to tell the difference between the two.  [Read more…] about Christie’s in New York to auction painting produced by artificial intelligence for around $10,000