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Waymo names Singapore as its next international robotaxi city

Alphabet's Waymo plans a commercial robotaxi service there in 2028, pending approval from Singapore regulators.

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen AGI safety debate

The institute will publish essays on AGI policy, safety monitoring, and frontier model evaluation from Google DeepMind leaders.

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Waymo names Singapore as its next international robotaxi city

Alphabet's Waymo plans a commercial robotaxi service there in 2028, pending approval from Singapore regulators.
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Google DeepMind launches institute to widen AGI safety debate

The institute will publish essays on AGI policy, safety monitoring, and frontier model evaluation from Google DeepMind leaders.
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Microsoft exec called AI scraping largest theft of labor in history

Unredacted filings in The New York Times copyright suit reveal private admissions about scraping and paywall bypass.
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Baseten’s Base Labs partners with Hugging Face and Goodfire on open-model safety

The trio will publish training and monitoring methods for open-weight models, counting more than 6,000 abliterated models on Hugging Face.
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Huawei pulls Ascend 960DT AI chip launch forward to Q1 2027 to challenge Nvidia

Huawei told TechCrunch the chip arrives two quarters earlier than planned and announced the updated timeline at Huawei Connect.
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Stanford team replaced nearly half a mouse’s brain volume with human cells

Genetically modified rodents let Stanford researchers study brain injuries, and the work raises ethical questions.
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MIT Technology Review names nine climate and energy innovators under 35

The list highlights AI efficiency, pollution tracking, city climate models, and lithium extraction startups.
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Al Gore says AI industry warnings pose bigger risk than data center emissions

Climate advocate Al Gore points to job-loss and safety alarms from OpenAI and Anthropic staff, not data center power demand.
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Snap launches Specs Intelligence AI assistant for iOS and AR glasses

The anticipatory AI service connects accounts like Gmail and Slack and arrives in preview on iOS today.
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AWS releases 38 open-source agent skills for healthcare and life sciences AI

The collection spans 11 domains and targets methodology errors that cause agents to misapply clinical and genomics decision frameworks.
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Google opens Home MCP server so AI agents can control smart devices

Early access goes to Google Home Premium Advanced subscribers in the US, with setup through a Google Cloud project.
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Xreal’s 1S video glasses fall to $399, their lowest price to date

The $50 discount applies at Amazon and Xreal, while Best Buy still lists the 3DoF headset at its full $450.
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