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…
AI companies captured 65% of US venture dollars in 2025, but the funding is concentrated in megadeals while small seed rounds shrank 20%. Only about one in six seed-stage AI startups reaches a Series …
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, alleging that OpenAI's hardware chief Tang Tan solicited Apple employees to bring actual parts from Apple for "show and tell" sessions during job interviews. …
A letter writer argues that self-driving ride-sharing services like Waymo need stricter regulation, noting that while human drivers face age restrictions, no such rules exist for passengers in autonom…
New Jersey is considering a bill that would require fully autonomous vehicles to use cameras plus at least two other sensing technologies like lidar and radar, effectively banning Tesla's camera-only …
AI researcher Rishabh Agarwal rejected a reported Meta offer exceeding $1 million per year to cofound Periodic Labs, a startup backed by NVIDIA and Jeff Bezos, according to multiple Indian news outlet…
Alphabet's Waymo announced plans to expand its driverless robotaxi service to Denver, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Tampa this year, initially serving only Alphabet employees before opening to the public.…
UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed British driverless car companies, warning that failure to support them would leave the UK reliant on US firms. Her stance contrasts with Andy Bur…
Temasek Holdings plans to triple its AI investments from $25 billion to $75 billion by 2030, joining funding rounds for Anthropic, Waymo, and Isomorphic Labs as part of a broader restructuring to inte…
A parent in Los Angeles argues that social media, instant-gratification services like DoorDash and ChatGPT, and the influence of celebrities like the Kardashians are making teens entitled and disconne…
Two 15-year-olds were arrested in San Mateo after a Waymo autonomous vehicle they were riding in alerted police to their misbehavior, including drinking alcohol and shooting water beads from a toy gun…
Meta launched cheaper smart glasses under its own brand on June 23, reigniting privacy debates about camera-equipped eyewear. Critics focus on the glasses themselves, but the real privacy concern lies…
Cole Medin has outlined five levels of AI-assisted coding, from basic autocomplete to fully autonomous 'dark factories' that deploy code without human intervention. Medin recommends most developers op…
Tesla is testing a production Cybercab with no steering wheel or pedals on public roads in Austin and the Bay Area, with a safety monitor in the passenger seat. The vehicle relies solely on cameras an…
The IMF, BIS, and Bank of England have warned that leveraged AI investments pose systemic financial risks beyond inflated valuations. Record margin debt and leveraged ETF growth have created condition…
XPENG unveiled its Physical-World Foundation Model roadmap and VLA 2.0 autonomous driving system at CVPR 2026, with the model already in mass production and capturing over 50% of assisted-driving mile…
Autonomous vehicle development faces setbacks including a Tesla crash and Waymo recall, but the industry is doubling down with AI-driven partnerships. Stellantis, Uber, and Wayve plan Level 4 driverle…
Xprize founder Peter Diamandis argues that mass surveillance from satellites, autonomous vehicles, and connected devices will make humans behave better, citing studies on police body cameras. He envis…
The US Department of Transportation proposed removing the requirement for brake pedals in driverless vehicles, a move that could accelerate deployment of robotaxis by companies like Waymo and Tesla. T…
Clay, an AI-powered prospecting tool, delivered strong results in a live test, correctly identifying CEOs for ten companies and finding valid work emails for nine of ten leads. However, its high cost …