Robotaxis need to be tested in real traffic

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IXSAR Capital, a San Francisco–based venture firm investing at the frontier of Space Technology, Autonomy, and Robotics, today announced its focused venture platform designed to back technical founders building the next generation of intelligent systems, physical AI, and advanced infrastructure. IXSAR Capital partners early with founders developing hard engineering solutions across orbit, […]

Residents in northwest Atlanta say empty Waymo robotaxis have spent weeks repeatedly circling residential streets early in the morning.

Insider Brief Brighter Signals, a Dutch startup developing fabric-based sensing technology for vehicles and robotics, has raised €1.6 million in new funding as it expands pilot programs with automotive and industrial partners. According to the company, the financing included investment from Wake Up Capital and ELOKON Ventures, alongside regional innovation funding and a Eurostars grant […]

Google announced on Thursday that it will begin rolling out Gemini to cars with Google built-in, marking a significant upgrade from the current Google Assistant. The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience. The announcement follows closely behind news from General Motors, which revealed yesterday that Gemini is […]

“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month.

I was talking to a senior engineer at a well-funded company not long ago. I asked him to walk me through a critical algorithm at the heart of their product, something that ran hundreds of times a second and directly affected customer outcomes. He paused and said, “Honestly, I’m not totally sure how it works. […]

Technological advances have propelled self-driving cars from small-scale testing to rapid global expansion