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Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles — Waymo said Saturday that it was stopping service across San Francisco after numerous online videos showed its autonomous vehicles …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 — The transition from Assistant to Gemini will continue into 2026. — Google wanted to remove Assistant from most Android phones … | @metr_evals: |
METR: Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% task completion time horizon of about 4 hours and 49 minutes, more than double that of Claude Opus 4 released earlier this year — We estimate that, on our tasks, Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50%-time horizon of around 4 hrs 49 mins (95% confidence interval of 1 hr 49 mins to 20 hrs 25 mins). While we're still working through evaluations for other recent models, this is our highest published time horizon to date. [image]
| Business Insider: |
Google and Apple advise employees on H-1B and other visas not to travel outside the US due to processing delays, following new social media screening rules — - Google and Apple are advising some employees with visas not to travel outside the US, per memos viewed by Business Insider.
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| Financial Times: |
A look at Tokyo-based neocloud provider Datasection, which sources say has a $1.2B+ contract giving Tencent access to a large share of its 15K Blackwell chips — Contracts with Chinese tech giant have rapidly turned Datasection into one of Asia's biggest ‘neoclouds’| Bloomberg: |
Chinese AI chipmaker Moore Threads announces a new generation of chips slated for mass production from 2026, just weeks after its blockbuster IPO in China — Moore Threads Technology Co. introduced a new generation of chips aimed at reducing artificial-intelligence developers' dependence …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Harvard economist Jason Furman, who consults for OpenAI, on the similarities between the AI boom and the dot-com era, AI's impact on jobs, and more — A leading economist isn't overly concerned about the fallout from the AI bubble bursting, if it happens. But first... Three things to know:| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Blizzard President Johanna Faries on company staff bonus transparency, working under Xbox leadership, restoring the NetEase partnership, and more — Johanna Faries, who took over as president of Blizzard in 2024, reveals what's coming from the storied studio — Hi everyone.| Associated Press: |
Surveillance tools exported by China, based on US tech and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees — The white dome of Boudhanath rises like a silent guardian over the chaotic sprawl of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, crowned by a golden spire that pierces the sky.| Politico: |
Sources: tech lobbyists say that David Sacks' push for an EO blocking state AI laws undercut their efforts to craft a permanent, bipartisan federal solution — President Donald Trump's aggressive move to block states from regulating artificial intelligence is splitting the tech lobby …
More: Vox and Business Insider
| Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: |
US CHIPS Act-funded SMART USA Institute, focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Department of Commerce will terminate its $285M five-year contract — The head of a U.S. CHIPS and Science Act-funded center devoted to digital twins for chip manufacturing has informed its 121 members … | Chris Metinko / Axios: |
DataLane, which is using AI to build an identity graph to map local businesses across the US, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Amplify Partners — DataLane, which is building an identity graph for every local business, raised a $22.5 million Series A led by Amplify Partners, co-founder and CEO David Patterson-Cole tells Axios Pro.
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| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
The RAISE Act requires AI companies with $500M+ in revenue to publish safety protocols and disclose safety incidents within 72 hours, with fines up to $3M — Days after President Trump moved to block states from regulating AI, New York's governor signs what the bill's sponsor calls the strongest AI safety law in the U.S.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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