The UAE's ambitious plans to make 25% of trips driverless by 2035, with Chinese and U.S. tech giants racing to launch AV fleets backed by government incentives, puts thousands of migrant taxi drivers at risk of displacement without adequate support systems or retraining options.
xAI Co-founder Igor Babuschkin exits Elon Musk's AI startup amid controversy over its chatbot Grok making offensive remarks, departing to launch his own venture capital firm focused on AI safety.
Nvidia employs tracking devices in certain AI chip shipments under investigation for potential illegal diversion to China, allowing authorities with proper legal approval or company consent to monitor suspected rule-breaking and build cases against offenders.
Apple ramps up its U.S. investment to $600 billion over four years, launches the American Manufacturing Program to boost domestic production, and partners with key suppliers to create an end-to-end silicon supply chain across multiple states.
Apple unveils groundbreaking plans to launch AI robots with lifelike Siri assistants by 2027, alongside smart displays and home security cameras, signaling its ambitious foray into the AI and smart home markets.
Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer, warns superintelligent AI could pose existential threat to humanity within 5-20 years if not imbued with 'maternal instincts' and compassion for humans during development.
The AI-powered Gemini app now learns from previous chats to offer tailored responses, introduces ephemeral Temporary Chats that don't influence future interactions, and provides enhanced privacy controls, empowering users with greater personalization and data sovereignty.
Character.AI, with 20 million users, shifts focus from artificial general intelligence to AI entertainment, offering AI-generated stories and conversations, like a 6-year-old girl building mystery tales through voice chats with a Sherlock Holmes chatbot.
Anthropic boosts Claude AI's coding abilities by expanding its memory to 1 million tokens, enabling it to handle requests up to 750,000 words or 75,000 lines of code while charging higher rates for prompts over 200,000 tokens.
Anthropic offers its Claude AI models to all three branches of the U.S. government for $1 per agency for a year, partnering with the General Services Administration to strengthen ties with policymakers and compete for government customers.