Waymo resumes San Francisco robotaxi operations after suspending service during weekend power outages that left 130,000 customers without electricity and caused multiple autonomous vehicles to stall at intersections with non-functioning traffic signals.
Uber and Lyft partner with Chinese tech giant Baidu to test autonomous robotaxis in London starting 2026, with Lyft planning to deploy hundreds of electric RT6 SUVs pending regulatory approval, joining Waymo and Wayve in the city's growing autonomous vehicle landscape.
OpenAI concedes that prompt injection attacks against AI browsers may be permanently unsolvable, while security experts raise alarms about high-risk data exposure as these systems gain access to emails and payment information.
ChatGPT launches 'Your Year' wrapped feature in five countries, offering personalized awards, custom poems, and images to individual users while excluding business accounts from the Spotify-style annual review experience.
Lemon Slice secures $10.5 million in seed funding to launch its groundbreaking 20-billion-parameter AI model that transforms single photos into real-time digital avatars capable of livestreaming at 20 fps, challenging industry giants like D-ID and HeyGen in the rapidly expanding digital avatar market.
OpenAI launches ambitious 'Superalignment' program targeting 2027 to solve AI safety crisis by creating human-level automated researchers that can align superintelligent systems with human values, though controversies remain over whose values should guide AI and who should make these critical decisions.
Alphabet acquires Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash plus debt to accelerate U.S. energy innovation and expand data center capacity, with the deal including multiple gigawatts of projects in development and expected closure in first half of 2026.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Image 1.5 with improved text clarity and photo realism, but the new model still lags behind Google's Nano Banana Pro in speed, accuracy, and overall image quality despite representing significant progress from previous versions.
Revolutionary AI tool BMVision slashes kidney cancer detection time by up to 52% while boosting diagnostic accuracy by over 6%, enabling radiologists to catch suspicious lesions earlier during routine CT scans and potentially save more lives through faster, more precise diagnosis.
AI-generated content now comprises 52% of all internet articles, reaching a plateau after surging from just 10% in late 2022 following ChatGPT's release, though Google search results remain 86% human-written, indicating search engines still favor authentic human content over automated writing.