Waymo reported that its fully autonomous Waymo Driver was involved in 841 fewer injury-causing crashes across 270 million miles of driverless operations through the end of June 2026, an 82% reduction …
Microsoft agreed to a set of ten safety and privacy principles for AI in schools with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its New York City affiliate the United Federation of Teachers (UFT),…
School districts across the United States are issuing new policies on classroom AI ahead of the new school year, with New York City banning most student-facing AI in K-8 classes while allowing limited…
The American Psychological Association (APA) released a report urging educators to focus on the quality of classroom technology over screen time quantity, cautioning that AI-powered and gamified tools…
New York City will ban student use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, a restriction affecting the nation's largest school district with roughly 900,000 students. The ba…
Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged on X to introduce legislation targeting Flock Safety, saying the company's more than 120,000 AI-powered cameras scan 20 billion vehicles monthly across 6,000-plus communiti…
Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a loophole that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LED, with the camera now stopping if the light is covered durin…
A new report finds that data centers in seven U.S. states—Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona—depend on about 3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater annually for electricity,…
Google Research introduced ME-POIs, a mobility-informed framework that adds human movement patterns to text-based point-of-interest (POI) embeddings. In evaluations on Los Angeles and Houston mobility…
Waymo's Gemini integration in its Ojai cabin is rolling out as a limited beta, not a universal feature. The company's May 2026 announcement detailed initial riders in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los A…
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley said on the All-In Podcast that drones are the company's fastest-growing business unit and will account for nearly half of its future revenue, as the surveillance firm…
Waymo received final approval from the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Department of Motor Vehicles to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to the entire Bay Area, Sacr…
Beth Simone Noveck, a professor at Northeastern University and former Chief AI Strategist for New Jersey, argues in her new book 'Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy' that AI can strengthen demo…
Waymo has partially resumed its freeway service in Phoenix after halting it in May due to a software bug that caused its autonomous vehicles to drive into closed construction zones at speed. The Alpha…
Waymo added Google's Gemini assistant and a redesigned three-screen interface to its Ojai autonomous vehicle platform on July 29th, moving its consumer AI into the cabin while keeping it separate from…
The Bay Area captured 51.5% of all AI venture dollars and 53.2% of all B2B dollars from July 2025 through June 2026, according to Carta's Startup Ecosystem Leaderboard, which tracked $124 billion inve…
Erika Lee moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco to become Head of Brand at Corgi, an AI insurance startup, after a cold DM on X. She finds the city's focus on innovation and building products a star…
A journalist who moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco to work at AI startup Corgi describes the cultural shift between the two cities, noting that San Francisco values ideas and productivity over s…
A shirtless man climbed onto a Waymo autonomous vehicle and smashed it in a crowded Los Angeles street, leading to his arrest. The incident sparked online debate about whether his actions were driven …
Waymo's autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles have drawn praise for convenience and safety but also sparked backlash for obnoxious behavior, including late-night honking and collisions with a cat and a c…