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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-09 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: autonomous, billion, million

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Labor Union Sues Over Self-Driving Trucks (futurism.com)

2026-08-09 | by Frank Landymore | tags: autonomous, driving, regulations

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The California Teamsters union is suing the state over self-driving trucks (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: autonomous, california, regulations

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Uber is spending $10 billion to deploy 120,000 robotaxis across 15 cities (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: autonomous, driving, uber

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Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: autonomous, delano, financing

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Waymo Opens Up to All Riders in Dallas (cnet.com)

2026-08-04 | by Abrar Al-Heeti | tags: waymo, jaguar i-pace, autonomous ride

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Waymo in Dallas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Waymo Team | tags: waymo, dallas, autonomous vehicles

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Waymo – Dallas Open to All (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Waymo Team | tags: waymo, dallas, autonomous vehicles

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Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-03 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: anthropic, openai, hacking laws

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Episode 9 | The Identity Crisis of Autonomous Agents (computer.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: autonomous agents, infilab, abhishek goswami

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Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Frank Landymore | tags: tesla, full self-driving, autonomous vehicles

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TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-02 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: zoox, robotaxi, waymo

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Inside the Luxury Robotaxi Uber, Lucid and Nuro Are Testing (cnet.com)

2026-08-02 | by Abrar Al-Heeti | tags: uber, lucid motors, nuro

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Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: uber, autonomous vehicles, uber advanced technologies group

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OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, hugging face, ai models

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After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: waymo, santa monica, autonomous vehicles

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How OpenAI's agent escaped: Sprung by humans in a series of preventable events (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by David Berlind | tags: openai, hugging face, autonomous agent

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GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: evs, ford, lithium manganese-rich

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The Tech Download: Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf talks AI in warfare and manufacturing push (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Arjun Kharpal Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: anduril, autonomous weapons, defense industry

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Amazon's Zoox is the first steering wheel-free robotaxi to get regulatory approval for paid rides (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mariella Moon | tags: zoox, amazon, autonomous vehicles

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For the First Time, Zoox Can Charge People for Rides in Its Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxis (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Aarian Marshall | tags: zoox, nhtsa, robotaxis

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Amazon's Zoox to begin charging for rides in Las Vegas after clearing NHTSA hurdle (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Annie Palmer | tags: zoox, nhtsa, robotaxi

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Zoox clears final federal hurdle to launch paid robotaxi service (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: zoox, amazon, robotaxi

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Foreign-made robot vacuums caught up in FCC robot ban — covers any ground robot over 4.4 pounds with a 200 kbps connection (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Luke James | tags: fcc, robot vacuums, foreign-made

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Waymo Returns to Freeways After Recall (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: waymo, freeways, recall

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The Chinese robot army transforming the UK's retail industry (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-29 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: geek+, hefei, autonomous mobile robots

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At Waymo, an AI project isn't ready until its evals are — not when the model performs well (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, machine learning

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The Hugging Face break-in explained (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Connie Loizos | tags: hugging face, openai, cybersecurity

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The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Connie Loizos | tags: hugging face, openai, cybersecurity

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Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: waymo, robotaxis, phoenix