OpenAI abandons its controversial for-profit conversion plan and keeps its nonprofit division in control after facing intense legal pressure from Elon Musk, state attorneys general, and Nobel laureates who opposed the restructuring.
Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is doubling down on robotaxis by ramping up production at its Arizona plant, aiming to assemble over 2,000 Jaguar I-PACE and Geely Zeekr RT robotaxis by the end of 2026, as it conducts a quarter-million paid, driverless rides weekly and plans to expand …
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method combining test-time augmentation and conformal prediction, enhancing AI model reliability by up to 30% for critical tasks like medical diagnosis, enabling more accurate and efficient decision-making in high-stakes scenarios.
In a groundbreaking partnership, Uber and Momenta are joining forces to launch autonomous ride-hailing services globally by 2026, starting in Europe, combining Uber's ridesharing network with Momenta's self-driving technology to provide safe and efficient Robotaxi services.
A controversial startup aims to automate 70,000 federal jobs using AI agents, sparking concerns over the feasibility and reliability of deploying AI at such a massive scale across diverse agencies with varying rules and regulations.
Google is introducing Gemini AI for kids with parental controls, allowing children under 13 to access the AI assistant on Android devices, while notifying parents and enabling them to monitor and disable access through Family Link, acknowledging potential risks and advising open communication.
While major tech giants like Apple and Amazon face headwinds from tariffs and waning consumer sentiment, advertising-focused tech businesses remain resilient amid trade wars and economic uncertainty, bucking the downward trend impacting consumer-facing industries.
Apple is collaborating with Anthropic to develop an AI coding assistant integrated into Xcode, leveraging Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model to enable developers to write, edit, and test code through a chat interface, initially for internal use with potential future public release.
Alibaba's open-source Qwen3 AI models, rivaling US capabilities, ignite an AI arms race, prompting Silicon Valley's swift xAI Grok 3.5 beta release, underscoring the need for agile responses in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
BreezoMeter leverages Google Cloud's scalable and sustainable infrastructure to analyze vast environmental data, delivering precise, hyperlocal insights on air pollution, pollen, wildfires, and weather for over 100 countries, processing 1.8 TB of data and calculating 10 billion pollutant concentrations hourly.