Bill Peebles, the researcher behind Sora, is leaving OpenAI, along with Srinivas Narayanan, OpenAI's CTO of enterprise applications
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Automaker Stellantis and Pony.ai sign a non-binding agreement to develop robotaxis for deployment in Europe, with plans to start testing in the coming months
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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 771, which would've fined social media companies up to $1M if their algorithms promoted violent or extremist content
To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 771 without my signature. Sophia Bollag / GovTech : California Governor Signs New Artificial Intelligence Laws Anabel Sosa / S...
OpenAI launches AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, including Agent Builder, which Sam Altman described as like Canva for building agents
New tools for building, deploying, and optimizing agents. NDTV Profit : What Is AI Agent Builder And How Does It Work? OpenAI Launches New Set Of Tools For Developers Aman Gupta / Livemint : OpenAI ag...
Sources: Microsoft will use Anthropic's models for some AI features in its Office 365 apps, after finding Claude Sonnet 4 beats OpenAI's GPT-5 in some tasks
Microsoft moves beyond OpenAI? Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Microsoft reportedly plans to start using Anthropic models to power some of Office 365's Copilot features Sherwood News : Census data shows d...
Halo, a startup founded by two former Harvard students who built a facial recognition app for Ray-Ban Meta glasses, introduces “always-on” AI glasses for $249
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Uber and Chinese company Pony.ai partner to deploy Pony.ai's robotaxis on Uber's platform, starting with a launch in “a key market in the Middle East” in 2025
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Tesla says it has started testing its autonomous ride-hailing service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area, and has completed 15,000 miles of driving
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Self-driving truck startup Waabi partners with Volvo to develop and deploy autonomous trucks, starting with pilots in Texas and a launch in late 2025 or 2026
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Toyota says its next-gen vehicles will have automated driving powered by Nvidia's Drive AGX Orin supercomputer and safety-focused operating system, DriveOS
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