Artificial intelligence mimics human intelligence, powering virtual assistants like Siri, enhancing healthcare by helping doctors find medical issues faster, and routing drivers around high-traffic areas, requiring skills like math, computer science, statistics, critical thinking, and programming.
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is in talks to acquire Pony AI's U.S. unit, potentially with assistance from Uber, marking his return to the autonomous vehicle space after his 2017 exit.
Waymo, Google's self-driving car unit, seeks a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, paving the way for expanding its robotaxi service nationwide beyond current operations in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin.
Meta introduces V-JEPA 2, an AI 'world model' designed to recognize object movements, enhancing robotics and self-driving cars by better understanding the physical world.
Themis AI, an MIT spinout co-founded by Professor Daniela Rus, has developed Capsa, a platform that can work with any machine learning model to detect and correct unreliable outputs in seconds by quantifying model uncertainty and addressing knowledge gaps.
Chinese tech giants like Baidu, WeRide, and Pony.ai are rapidly catching up to Silicon Valley's Waymo in the global robotaxi race, leveraging China's massive market, supportive regulations, and competitive supply chains to expand services worldwide.
Nvidia navigates escalating US-China trade tensions by developing new B30 chip, underscoring its reliance on the $17 billion Chinese market while facing mounting pressure from US restrictions and rising Chinese rivals like Huawei, showcasing corporate resolve to maintain access through continuous innovation.
Obvio, a startup funded by Bain Capital Ventures, deploys AI-powered cameras at stop signs that locally process footage to detect violations like running stops or distracted driving, sharing only verified clips with law enforcement to curb unsafe behaviors while limiting surveillance concerns.
Elon Musk announces a return to his intense 24/7 work schedule, sleeping at offices and factories, to focus on X/Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX after global X outages and declining Tesla sales raised investor concerns about operational distractions and his political involvement.
Waymo achieves 10 million robotaxi rides milestone, doubling its volume in five months while delivering over 250,000 weekly paid trips across four major cities, as Tesla prepares to launch competing autonomous taxi service in Austin next month.