Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn't as far-fetched as it sounds | TechCrunch
Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora told investors last week that it expects to have more than 30,000 self-driving trucks on
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Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation | TechCrunch
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion
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AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion | TechCrunch
AMD is acquiring World Labs, one of the leading developers of deep learning models intended to understand physical reality, in
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Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents | TechCrunch
While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas, apparently!), are blocking AI agents from making purchases on users’ behalf on their
Read MoreTesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather | TechCrunch
Tesla is pushing back the reveal of its redesigned, second-generation Roadster once again, this time due to a forecast of
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The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it | TechCrunch
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … I’ll spare you the rest, but the cliché
Read MoreNvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents | TechCrunch
As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a
Read MoreAnthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner | TechCrunch
As the AI model wars continue, Anthropic has released the newest version of Sonnet, the company’s mid-tier model, which it
Read MoreGoogle is killing off Gemini's Gems in favor of 'skills' | TechCrunch
As all-in-one AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct take off, Google announced it’s shutting down the Gemini feature known
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OpenAI still doesn't seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity | TechCrunch
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the sheer breadth of the reports is alarming,
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