Tesla Finally Kicks Off Semi Deliveries As Diesel Prices Skyrocket Volume production of the Tesla Semi has started a decade after it was revealed. And yet, the timing feels ripe. InsideEVs · Sep 25
Bill Gates Says AI Companies Can't Police Themselves, Calls for Washington to Mandate Safeguards Gates said the danger is not just limited to a hypothetical future in which artificial intelligence surpasses human capabilities. International Business Times · Sep 25
Waymo's Latest Safety Numbers Sure Make Human Drivers Look Bad Waymo says its robotaxis had 82% fewer crashes with injuries when compared to human drivers, across a whopping 271 million driverless miles. InsideEVs · Sep 25
The dark art of maths and the AI revolution Letter: Bev Littlewood reminds us that mathematics has been the prime driver of the rise in AI, in response to an editorial The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
Google is sending AI to space Launch is part of a plan across the tech industry to turn satellites into data centres The Independent UK · Sep 25
OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race The Guardian - AU · Sep 25
It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era The Guardian - AU · Sep 25
Pope Leo Issues Stark AI Warning in Paris: Humanity Must Avoid a 'Paradise of Machines' Speaking at the Élysée Palace in Paris alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, Leo placed AI and the ethical questions surrounding rapidly advancing technology. International Business Times · Sep 25
European Union vows to defend its stand against X after the US backs a court challenge from Elon Musk The European Union imposed a significant fine on social media platform X for regulatory violations. Following this, the U.S. government expressed support for Musk's legal efforts to dismiss the fine. The European Commission emphasised its right to enforce legislation aimed at protecting citizens. This situation has escalated tensions between Brussels… The Economic Times · Sep 25
Santander online banking outage leaves customers unable to log on The high street lender’s website and mobile banking apps have both been affected, but the website service is now back online. The Independent UK · Sep 25
Think EVs are too expensive? These 12 could blow your mind, not your bank balance New Nissan Pixo takes on Renault Twingo, VW ID. Up, Dacia Spring, Fiat 500 and more in a small-car scrap that’s great news for buyers The Independent UK · Sep 25
The U.S. And China Are The Top AI Competitors. Xi Said There Is More Room For Cooperation. "Both sides have competition. Cooperation, even more so," Xi said when meeting with Trump. International Business Times · Sep 25
Matt Brittin: BBC cannot guarantee any programme or channel will exist forever It comes after the corporation announced plans for savings across the news, nations and content divisions. Evening Standard · Sep 25
Santander down: Banking app not working in major outage Online banking and even phone support offline, bank says The Independent UK · Sep 25
The Guardian - US · Sep 25 The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’ Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable
Fortune · Sep 25 Microsoft unveils Copilot super app, targeting business users with AI agents Microsoft is launching its super app as a central interface through which customers can chat with AI bots, write code, and access a new Autopilot feature that brings agentic capabilities to its flagship AI app.
International Business Times UK · Sep 25 Elon Musk's Grok AI Chatbot Says It Would Choose Taoism if Forced To Pick a Faith Grok said it would choose Taoism over Christianity in a hypothetical choice, citing the tradition's emphasis on nature, balance and inquiry while qualifying that it was not ranking religions.
InsideEVs · Sep 25 EV Sales Keep Surging In Europe, Now Make Up 29% Of New Car Sales The market share for EVs keeps climbing, while traditional combustion cars continue to fall from grace.
The Economic Times · Sep 25 First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisis An Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young users and misled consumers about its safety, in the first case against the company to reach trial in the sweeping litigation
The Economic Times · Sep 25 UPI MDR decision completely professional, no external pressure: FM Sitharaman Talking to PTI, Sitharaman said the decision was completely professional, and it was taken jointly by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), payment banks and merchant banks, and not imposed by the government.
The Economic Times · Sep 25 Sarvam AI updates vision model, doubles down on Indic-language push Sarvam launched the original vision model in February as part of its efforts to build homegrown, "sovereign" AI systems tailored to India. The model was designed to read scanned documents and images and convert them into usable digital text, a task known as optical character recognition (OCR).
Fortune · Sep 25 Washington still hasn't passed an AI safety law. New York City, where AI giants are expanding fastest, is writing its own We obviously are not in any way looking to stifle innovation,” City Council Speaker Julie Menin told Fortune.
The Economic Times · Sep 25 Accel India, 360 ONE Group sell over 4% stake in BlueStone for Rs 513 crore The two investors sold a combined 61.98 lakh shares on Thursday, representing a 4.07% stake in Bengaluru-based BlueStone Jewellery and Lifestyle, according to exchange data.
The Economic Times · Sep 25 Snapdeal parent AceVector’s IPO opens for subscription: Key things to know The AceVector IPO will remain open for subscription until September 29. The companyraised Rs 189 crorefrom anchor investors on September 24. Domestic investors, including Helios Mutual Fund, Singularity Growth and Alchemy Capital, participated in the round.
The Economic Times · Sep 25 Inside the deal engine room: VCs and PEs make the case for ERP as a governance variable At an NTT DATA Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. India roundtable, a cohort of leading VCs and PE investors argued that the maturity of a company’s ERP and AI adoption, data quality and underlying processes is rapidly emerging as a priced governance variable in deals.