DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomous electric freight

Einride is integrating its self-driving software with PACCAR unit DAF Trucks and research at TNO to advance safe autonomous trucking. The post DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomous electric freight appeared first on The Robot Report.

James Webb captures a cosmic lion sculpted by a dying star

James Webb has captured a striking new infrared view of NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, revealing the dramatic aftermath of a dying Sun-like star. At its center, a scorching white dwarf is blasting radiation into surrounding gas and dust, carving out the nebula’s lion-like face while illuminating a sprawling “mane” of surviving dusty clumps.

Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts

Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think.

Why we should all be worried about AI in elections

Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.

AI brings savings to clinical trials: study

Artificial intelligence isn't just speeding up early-stage drug development, it's starting to unlock millions of dollars' worth of new efficiencies in clinical trials on cancer treatments, research shared first with Axios shows.Why it matters: AI-powered tools could shave months off time-consuming processes like recruiting and enrolling patien

Duroflex Airboost aims to solve India's biggest wellness challenge: Deep Sleep

As many as 60% of Indians get less than six hours of uninterrupted deep sleep every night. Next-gen sleep technology can help improve spinal support, cooling, and overnight recovery. The importance of sleep is that while most people focus on sleeping longer, sleep experts increasingly point ou

Tencent capex jumps 176% on AI push as revenue beats estimates

Tencent Holdings nearly tripled its capital spending in the second quarter to supercharge its AI push, as accelerating investments in computing power and models helped drive better-than-expected revenue. Revenue for the quarter ending in June reached 204.8 billion yuan (US$30.4 billion), up 11 per cent year on year from 184.5 billion yuan, the Chinese tech giant reported on Wednesday. The figure beat average analyst estimates of 202.8 billion yuan compiled by Bloomberg. Adjusted net income...

Zuckerberg cites China threat to US lead in AI manifesto

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay outlining his vision for artificial intelligence (AI), backing development of open-weight models and arguing that overregulation risks surrendering US leadership to China. “American communities will have greater prosperity and security if America and its allies lead in AI compared to geopolitical rivals,” the Facebook billionaire wrote in the essay, which was published on Monday. Still, the US faces a “significant disadvantage” as..

Anthropic's text watermarks signal new front in AI detection

Anthropic's new models will add machine-readable "watermarks" to Claude-generated text and files to comply with new European Union transparency regulations.Why it matters: Comms teams using Claude to simply clean up, translate, or format human-drafted press releases could stamp those documents with an AI signature.How it works: For models la

Kenya to host new Continental Centre as AUDA-NEPAD moves to close Africa's human capital gap