Rivian Is Taking Its Battery Recycling Game To The Next Level From manufacturing scrap to batteries that are no longer suitable for EVs, nothing is wasted. InsideEVs · Oct 15
New Tesla Roadster Reveal: How To Watch The Livestream On Thursday, Tesla showed off the new Roadster supercar, completed with cold air thrusters and a fan system that lets it drive upside down. InsideEVs · Oct 15
OpenAI flags AI adoption gap in Europe despite 8-fold surge in agent use among small businesses OpenAI has highlighted a widening opportunity for European businesses to turn growing artificial intelligence (AI) adoption into higher productivity, as AI agents now account for more than half of the output generated through its enterprise and business platforms in the European Union (EU). The Economic Times · Oct 15
Food companies, quick-commerce platforms face stricter FSSAI checks, higher compliance costs: Jefferies Food companies, restaurants and quick-commerce platforms may face higher compliance costs and operational delays as the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) expands regulatory scrutiny across the food supply chain, Jefferies said in a report. The Economic Times · Oct 15
Cops Demand Answers from Engineer After He Turned DIY 'Flock' AI Surveillance on Police Cruisers Canadian software engineer Anthony Sistilli built a $180 AI-assisted device to identify and record police vehicles, prompting questions from Peel Regional Police about privacy and officer safety. International Business Times UK · Oct 15
Global financial watchdog calls for more human oversight of agentic AI The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global standard setter, has called for greater human oversight of agentic AI in final guidance for banks and other firms on managing the technology's risks. The Economic Times · Oct 15
IBM executive warns of risk of quantum computing hacks Organisations are unprepared for the risks posed by quantum computing, IBM's Europe and Africa vice-Wednesday, referring to the high-speed technology that could crack security encryptions and enable large-scale cyberattacks. I would say less than 10 percent today," Curioni said on the sidelines of a London conference organised by the American… The Economic Times · Oct 15
Australia says won't let big tech have 'unfettered' access to kids Australia said Thursday it refused to allow big tech to have "unfettered" access to its kids as it formally introduced new legislation that would give users choice over what they see on their feeds. "I wholeheartedly believe one day we will look back on Australia's minimum age for social media… The Economic Times · Oct 15
SK Hynix conditions new US factory on more US chip equipment exports to China The Trump administration is pressing SK Hynix, Samsung and other foreign chipmakers to build plants in the US in a drive to rebuild US manufacturing capacity and create jobs. The Economic Times · Oct 15
AI worms, 'major' incident fears spur safety calls at industry summit From the spectre of refrigerator-infecting AI worms to warnings of "major" security incidents at the horizon, calls to prioritise safety in the development of artificial intelligence dominated an industry summit Wednesday. - Milk and worms - Microsoft president Brad Smith called for regulation saying industry and governments must "act with… The Economic Times · Oct 15
Next phase of AI about driving outcomes, not experiments: OpenAI's Pragya Misra She said it was no longer about just deploying ChatGPT at scale but about going to a company's board and CEO, asking what the hardest problems they were trying to solve were, and working with them to solve those specific problems so that they could report the results to shareholders… The Economic Times · Oct 15
Skyroot eyes funding boost; MDR deferment cheers D2C brands Happy Thursday! Skyroot is eyeing a big funding round as it gears up to scale rocket production. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch. The Economic Times · Oct 15
Razer's CEO says AI brings 'a new renaissance' to gaming After going private in 2022, the gaming hardware maker is betting on AI companions, camera-equipped headsets, and game-testing tools. Fortune · Oct 15
Anthropic Q3 revenue surges 45% to $16.8 billion as AI startup gears up for $2 trillion IPO Anthropic reported a 45% increase in revenue for the third quarter, reaching $16.8 billion. The company's revenue for the first and second quarters was $4.7 billion and $11.6 billion, respectively. Anthropic aims for a valuation exceeding $2 trillion, emphasizing substantial revenue growth despite significant operational losses. Founded by former OpenAI… The Economic Times · Oct 15
InsideEVs · Oct 14 Xpeng Thinks It Can Outsell Ford In Europe Chinese automaker Xpeng believes that it can more than double its global sales by 2030, with half of all vehicles being sold in Europe.
Fortune · Oct 14 An Ohio police lieutenant allegedly used Flock cameras 29 times to track someone he knew. Now he’s facing a felony Sharonville Lt. Walter Cordes faces up to a year in prison after he was indicted following a department audit of its Flock cameras.
International Business Times · Oct 14 ASML Says AI Chip Demand Is Stretching Into 2030. It Already Expects Supply Shortages Through 2028. The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker raised its 2026 sales outlook to €44 billion–€45 billion after reporting record quarterly revenue and stronger profit.
The Guardian - US · Oct 14 Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users
Fortune · Oct 14 Nvidia’s Jensen Huang responds to Pope Leo’s AI safety criticism—‘We all care about the same thing’ “He’s asking all the right questions, and he’s thinking about all the right issues,” Huang told Fortune in an interview.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14 OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually Accounts for the Westminster-based company behind ChatGPT show that 110 staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares
The Economic Times · Oct 14 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he would cut off customers who build unsafe AI Nvidia is the dominant supplier of artificial intelligence accelerators, the chips used to train and run AI models. That’s put it at the center of a debate over whether the software risks growing too powerful and slipping out of human control. AI executives such as Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14 Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14 Could AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons? Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain
International Business Times UK · Oct 14 Sam Altman Warns Against Treating AI Chatbots as Religious Authorities in Safety Alert OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says treating AI chatbots as religious authorities or replacing human judgement with them could pose a safety risk.
The Economic Times · Oct 14 Healthtech startup Confido Health raises $12.5 million in funding led by Z47 Founded in 2022 by Chetan Reddy and Vichar Shroff, Confido Health develops artificial intelligence (AI) agents that automate administrative tasks for healthcare providers, including patient calls, appointment scheduling, insurance verification, prescription refills and payment follow-ups.