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  • RJ Scaringe, chief executive officer and founder of Rivian Automotive Inc., during an interview at the company’s offices in Palo Alto, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Rivian Automotive Inc. has developed its own artificial intelligence chip, replacing Nvidia Corp. technology as part of a broader push to add automated-driving features to future vehicles. Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInnovation

    Rivian CEO says the EV maker’s new large driving model will one day allow for fully autonomous driving—and maybe a spot in the robotaxi race

    By Jordyn Grzelewski and Tech Brew
  • Software developers discussing programming code and planning how to create innovative software at co-working office. Two software developers checking programming code on computer screen. working through a coding problem together.AI

    ‘But is that real work? It’s not’ Business leaders still don’t trust AI agents, Harvard survey shows

    By Patrick Kulp and Tech Brew
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 31: CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with representatives of social media companies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)AI

    It’s ‘kind of jarring’: AI labs like Meta, Deepseek, and Xai earned some of the worst grades possible on an existential safety index

    By Patrick Kulp and Tech Brew
  • Claire McDonough, chief financial officer of Rivian Automotive Inc., in Normal, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. McDonough helped the EV startup notch a $13.7 billion IPO. Photographer: Sebastian Hidalgo/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInnovation

    Rivian’s CFO hints the end of EV tax credits means manufacturers are being forced to finally make more affordable electric cars

    By Jordyn Grzelewski and Tech Brew
  • A software developer is thinking on improving the efficiency of the AI system.AI

    MIT researchers studied 16 million election-related AI responses. They found chatbots are ‘sensitive to steering,’ raising questions about LLMs’ neutrality

    By Patrick Kulp and Tech Brew
  • electric and gas carTech

    More U.S. consumers than last year say they prefer gas-powered vehicles over electric or hybrid

    By Jordyn Grzelewski and Tech Brew
  • man looking at car to buyRetail

    Consumers are so worried about tariffs they rushed to car dealerships last month to get ahead of impending price increases

    By Jordyn Grzelewski and Tech Brew
  • Alexa+ signage during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence, marking the biggest overhaul of the voice-activated assistant since its introduction over a decade ago. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Amazon’s venture arm the Alexa Fund is dialing in on AI startups because the technology ‘is only going to get more relevant’

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  • Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., speaks at Station F during the AI Action Summit in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. France is set to announce a total of 109 billion in investment in artificial intelligence projects in the country by companies, funds and other sources over the coming years, President Emmanuel Macron said on the eve of a two-day AI Action Summit. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Sam Altman’s brief firing from OpenAI was so dramatic there’s now a play about the event that rocked the tech world in 2023

    By Tech Brew and Patrick Kulp
  • Delta plane flyingEnvironment

    Delta is teaming up with Airbus on a flight technique based on migrating geese to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions

    By Tech Brew and Jordyn Grzelewski
  • man looking at ChatGPT on the computerTech

    ChatGPT produces the same amount of CO2 emissions as 260 flights from New York City to London each month, study finds

    By Tech Brew and Tricia Crimmins
  • Elon MuskRetail

    JD Power’s EV survey suggests 2024 is the year that buyers just start losing their interest

    By Jordyn Grzelewski, Tech Brew, and others
  • Elon Musk against a black background.Tech

    Elon Musk’s drug use renders his character too questionable for FCC license, Ukrainian advocacy group says

    By Kelcee Griffis, Tech Brew, and others
  • FordRetail

    Detroit’s EV miscalculation revealed: Buyers want cheap sedans, not expensive trucks

    By Jordyn Grzelewski, Tech Brew, and others
  • Elon MuskRetail

    America’s ‘in the slow lane’ on EV adoption because it has a culture problem, study says

    By Jordyn Grzelewski, Tech Brew, and others