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Autonomous trucking startup Aurora Innovation will officially roll out fully driverless commercial big rigs on public Texas highways starting next week. Why It Hits: While robotaxis have already started taking over city streets, high-speed freighter trucks on the freeway is a big (and maybe scary) step up for the autonomous-vehicle industry. But, if successful, the […]
AI firm Anthropic believes that AI-powered chatbots will become autonomous employees within companies as soon as next year. Why It Hits: Are we ready to share virtual cubicle space with AI? Probably not, which is why Anthropic is sounding the alarm that companies need to prepare for this… especially as it concerns cybersecurity. Corporate espionage […]
People are using OpenAI’s GPT-4o image generator to create images of themselves as action figures, capturing the vibe of an individual, a specific consumer, or the type of employee a company is looking for. Why It Hits: The “starter pack” trend is both another clever use case for AI image-generation and a warning shot that […]
Air-taxi startup Archer Aviation and United Airlines are joining forces to offer rides from various locations around Manhattan to six nearby airports. The Big Picture: NYC is notorious for its logjammed traffic, which makes driving to the airport a nightmare. By offering an air-taxi service that takes you directly to your United flight — for […]
Walmart has introduced a generative AI tool that can help the retailer determine fashion trends and pivot its manufacturing in record time. Why It Hits: Temu and Shein became wildly popular because of their ability to pump out trending clothing faster than anyone else and at a bargain-bin price point (although that’s changing). But with […]
AI-model platform Hugging Face has acquired robotics startup Pollen Robotics and plans on selling the robot and making its code open-source. Why It Hits: Despite the many security risks, open-sourcing AI has become popular, even among giant firms. Meta does it. DeepSeek upped the ante. And, now, OpenAI is set to release an open-source model. By putting open-source […]
Biotechnology startup Colossal Biosciences has brought the dire wolf, which disappeared over 10,000 years ago, back to life — the first-ever successful de-extinction of an animal. The Big Picture: By recreating the dire wolf, Colossal proves that its ambition to revive the woolly mammoth (which it’s taken steps to make possible) may not be so […]
Honda plans to test its hydrogen power in orbit via new partnerships with Sierra Space and Tec-Masters to see if it can launch a fully self-sustainable power and oxygen source. Why It Flies: Honda has stayed the course on hydrogen as the key to decarbonizing its vehicles by 2040… but the approach hasn’t garnered much […]
Apple is reportedly preparing a major update to its Health app to give users an AI agent that would mimic a personal doctor. Why It Hits: CEO Tim Cook has been bullish on the prediction that Apple’s long-lasting legacy will be the tech giant’s innovations in health. While the company is still a long way […]
Norwegian robotics startup 1X announced that it’ll start testing its humanoid robot in private homes by the end of the year. The Big Picture: Robots tidying up around the house — a test at Nvidia GTC showed 1X’s robot vacuuming and watering plants — have been a societal dream since The Jetsons. Whoever can figure out how to make […]