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Tech Competition is Helping Americans. Here's How.
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Friday • January 9, 2026
Nvidia and auto suppliers roll out partnerships to rekindle self-driving push
Western Automakers Pressured by China’s Autonomous Driving Advancements
The short history of the self-driving car industry has been littered with expensive failures and endless delays, but tech suppliers, chipmakers including Nvidia and some automakers are betting on AI and a web of partnerships to spark new progress. Powered by Nvidia’s chips, Mercedes-Benz said this week it will launch a new advanced driver-assistance system in the United States later this year that lets its vehicles operate autonomously on city streets under driver supervision.
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Sunday • November 2, 2025
China’s Baidu says weekly robotaxi rides hit 250,000 — same as Alphabet’s Waymo this spring
Baidu’s Apollo Go Robotaxi Unit said Fully Driverless Weekly Rides as of Oct. 31 have Now Surpassed 250,000 Orders
That’s on par with what Waymo reported in late April for its weekly paid U.S. rides. The ramp up in Baidu’s robotaxi capabilities comes as Chinese and U.S. companies have been competing for leadership in advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, electric cars and autonomous driving.
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Wednesday • June 11, 2025
Meta launches AI ‘world model’ to advance robotics, self-driving cars
Meta Unveiled a New AI Model Called V-JEPA 2 That It Says Can Better Understand the Physical World
The tech giant, said its new open-source AI model V-JEPA 2 can understand, predict and plan in the physical world. Known as a world model, these systems take inspiration from the logic of the physical world to build an internal simulation of reality, allowing AI to learn, plan, and make decisions in a more human-like manner.
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Friday • September 15, 2023
Wayve pioneers new AI model for autonomous driving
Virgin-Backed Autonomous Driving Company Puts Forward a Transparent AI Model
“Wayve, a self-driving technology company and a Virgin Group investment, has introduced a first-of-its-kind AI model for self-driving, called LINGO-1. The company is pioneering the use of natural language to help people more easily understand the reasoning and decision-making capabilities of its AI Driver technology.”
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