A Waymo autonomous taxi outside the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, Feb. 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Waymo is recalling almost 3,900 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues after some cars drove into freeway construction zones, according to notices filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The…
Elon Musk‘s xAI is a “failure” that will be unable to compete on the frontier of artificial intelligence, Yann LeCun, founder of AMI Labs, told CNBC, as he laid out his view on what could cause a “big bubble explosion” in the industry. LeCun’s comments renew a long-running spat with Musk and cast doubt over…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google’s vice president of engineering and a co-lead of its Gemini AI models Noam Shazeer announced Wednesday that he was leaving the company to join OpenAI. “I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there,” Shazeer said in…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. While the U.S. and China have been racing to develop a sovereign artificial intelligence stack, India was confident of making its mark by building…
Chiefs of the world’s leading AI companies are descending on the G7 conference in France Wednesday, in a sign of their growing geopolitical influence as artificial intelligence rises to the top of the global agenda. CEOs including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, alongside around a dozen other tech leaders, will…
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images With SpaceX‘s stock rocketing during its first three days of trading, Elon Musk’s company is getting an assist from the Department of Justice, which asked a federal court in Mississippi to toss a case against the company brought by the NAACP. The suit was filed in April by…
Mobileye’s CEO Amnon Shashua speaks during a news conference for Mobileye driverless technology at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, U.S., July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon Jeenah Moon | Reuters Self-driving technology supplier Mobileye Global said Tuesday it would launch its own robotaxi service, planning to deploy an initial 100-vehicle fleet into a major…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of media outside a restaurant in the Hongdae district of Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 5, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia is aiming to raise at least $20 billion in debt, according to sources with knowledge of the matter,…
Stock market bulls are eating well to kick off a new week of trading. Oil is nosediving Monday on news of a memorandum of understanding to end the U.S.-Iran war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. That’s improving the inflation outlook and sending bond yields lower — just in time for Federal Reserve Chairman…
A woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran’s national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open newsletter. U.S. President Donald Trump had a number of reasons to celebrate…
