Waymo has become the Official Autonomous Ride-Hailing Partner of the Las Vegas Raiders and Allegiant Stadium, marking the first-ever partnership between a professional football team and an autonomous …
Waymo has imported 3,200 Zeekr-built Ojai electric robotaxis into the United States despite a 102.5% tariff on Chinese-made EVs, with more than 2,600 deliveries in 2026 and about 500 vehicles recently…
Physical Intelligence, the robotics company founded by Chelsea Finn, targets over 90% reliability for robots performing tasks like operating an espresso machine, a bar most robot demos never clear bec…
Chelsea Finn, founder of Physical Intelligence, argues that robotics is nearing a ChatGPT-style breakthrough, but physical AI faces a reliability bar that chatbots never had to clear. Finn's team set …
Salima Teiani, a former Alphabet Inc. executive, argues in a Fast Company essay that the next major innovations will not come solely from Silicon Valley but from 'third-space moonshots' that combine a…
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov said at a Y Combinator event that vision-only self-driving systems, like Tesla's, produce a safety curve that flattens "way too early," arguing that full autonomy requires m…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published more than 600 new patent applications this week, and Patentlyze highlighted ten notable filings from big tech companies, including OpenAI's chip design f…
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov warned physical AI companies against adopting Silicon Valley's 'move fast and break things' mantra, urging them instead to 'move fast and ship safely' in a Y Combinator inte…
Waymo launched its fully autonomous robotaxi service in Dallas, opening rides to all users via the Waymo app after welcoming nearly 150,000 riders since February 2026. The company also announced plans…
Waymo opened its Dallas robotaxi service to the general public on August 4, 2026, ending the invitation-only phase that began with the city's commercial launch in February. The company reported nearly…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang released Alpamayo 2 Super's model weights and inference code on August 4th, giving autonomous-vehicle developers access to a 34-billion-parameter system designed to perceive ro…
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov said at a Y Combinator talk released Monday that Silicon Valley's 'move fast and break things' mantra is unacceptable for physical AI, where mistakes can cost human lives, a…
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov said at Startup School 2026 that the Waymo Driver now completes 500,000 trips per week and drives over four million fully autonomous miles weekly across 15 U.S. cities, with…
A new concept proposes using an AI agent as a board member to analyze financials, benchmark competitors, and set meeting agendas, potentially saving hours of unproductive time. The idea stems from a c…
Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun unveiled a strategy on July 24 to transform the automaker into a physical AI company, leveraging its manufacturing scale, Boston Dynamics, and partners…
Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun announced at the San Francisco AI Summit on July 24 that the company is transforming into a physical AI solutions company, leveraging its manufacturing…
Alphabet-owned Waymo has embedded Google's Gemini AI into its self-driving fleet, enabling the AI to adjust cabin settings, recommend locations, and accept voice commands, while Google simultaneously …
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 today introduced Gemini and a redesigned interface for its Ojai vehicles, enabling voice commands for cabin controls and information queries while operating independently from the Waymo Driver s…
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…