Autonomous Driving

Today's Stories

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   Microsoft overhauls Copilot with AI agents, merges consumer and enterprise apps

   Microsoft plans to release a redesigned Copilot in August that combines its consumer and enterprise apps into a single offering, adds AI coding tools, and introduces new AI agents called AutoPilot that handle tasks like scheduling and email summaries. The company will remove features that were not working, including Copilot Podcasts and Copilot Labs, and will charge customers extra for the new capabilities. Microsoft also announced a new company dedicated to deploying AI inside businesses, with engineers working directly in departments to help integrate AI into workflows. The overhaul reflects Microsoft's shift toward making Copilot focused on delivering measurable business value rather than showcasing AI capabilities for their own sake. An internal memo from Executive Vice President Jacob Andreou states the app must "earn the right to exist" by being "optimized for outcomes." This move signals that chatbots alone deliver limited or difficult-to-measure value, a challenge facing Microsoft and other AI companies as they justify billions spent on AI infrastructure.

   Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing similar "super app" strategies with Claude Code and Codex respectively, suggesting this consolidation approach may become an industry standard for how AI assistants reach users.

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   Tesla expands robotaxi to Miami, pushing autonomous ride-hailing

   Tesla said its robotaxi service is now available in Miami, marking an expansion of its unsupervised autonomous ride-hailing operations. The company launched the service in Austin, Texas in June and had announced plans to expand to Dallas and Houston. Tesla's robotaxi push is a key part of CEO Elon Musk's broader shift from electric vehicles toward AI and robotics. The company is using a version of its self-driving software in these vehicles, making adoption of that technology a central business focus. The move also reflects accelerating competition in the robotaxi sector from players like Alphabet's Waymo and Amazon's Zoox.

   Musk said in May he expects fully self-driving cars without human safety monitors to become more widespread in the U.S. later this year. Tesla posted record second-quarter deliveries that beat Wall Street estimates, suggesting strong momentum behind the company's expansion efforts.

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   The AI Startup Challenging Tesla and Waymo in the Race to Automate Driving

   The AI Startup Challenging Tesla and Waymo in the Race to Automate Driving

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   I Let Wayve's AI Car Drive Me Through London's Busiest Streets

   I Let Wayve's AI Car Drive Me Through London's Busiest Streets

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   Uber's Gross Bookings Are Up 25% and It Just Launched an Autonomous Vehicle Unit. Is This the Transportation Stock to Own in 2026?

   Uber's Gross Bookings Are Up 25% and It Just Launched an Autonomous Vehicle Unit. Is This the Transportation Stock to Own in 2026?

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   U.N. sets first global autonomous vehicle rules for 2027

   The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations at the United Nations agreed on a global regulatory framework for vehicles with fully autonomous driving systems. The framework requires manufacturers to meet strict testing, safety governance, and continuous performance monitoring standards, and is expected to enter into force in January 2027. Automakers have faced fragmented national regulations that threaten to block vehicles developed for one market from entering others. This unified global standard removes that barrier and may help accelerate robotaxi rollouts, which have grown significantly—private robotaxi fleets in China and the United States combined more than doubled in 2025 to reach 8,000 vehicles across more than two dozen major cities.

   The IEA forecasts between 700,000 and 3 million robotaxis will operate in 40 to 80 major cities by 2035. The new framework was backed by all major auto markets including the United States, China, the European Union, Japan, and Britain, and some manufacturers are already preparing for implementation.