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How Sama is Improving ML Models to Make AVs Safer // Duncan Curtis // #307
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- Apr 18, 2025
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How Sama is Improving ML Models to Make AVs Safer // MLOps Podcast #307 with Duncan Curtis, SVP of Product and Technology at Sama. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Between Uber’s partnership with NVIDIA and speculation around the U.S. President Donald Trump enacting policies that allow fully autonomous vehicles, it’s more important than ever to ensure the accuracy of machine learning models. Yet, the public’s confidence in AVs is shaky due to scary accidents caused by gaps in the tech that Sama is looking to fill. As one of the industry’s top leaders, Duncan Curtis, SVP of Product and Technology at Sama, would be delighted to share how we can improve the accuracy, speed, and cost-efficiency of ML algorithms for AVs. Sama’s machine learning technologies minimize the risk of model failure and lower the total cost of ownership for car manufacturers including Ford, BMW, and GM, as well as four of the five top OEMs and their Tier 1 suppliers. This is especially timely as Tesla is under investigation for crashes due to its Smart Summon feature, and Waymo recently had a passenger trapped in one of its driverless taxis. // Bio Duncan Curtis is the SVP of Product at Sama, a leader in de-risking ML models, delivering best-in-class data annotation solutions with our enterprise-strength, experience & expertise, and ethical AI approach. To this leadership role, he brings 4 years of Autonomous Vehicle experience as the Head of Product at Zoox (now part of Amazon) and VP of Product at Aptiv, and 4 years of AI experience as a product manager at Google, where he delighted the +1B daily active users of the Play Store and Play Games. // Related Links Website: https://www.sama.com/ Tesla i…