AI can make employees more productive but in harmful ways, new study finds

Conversing with AI about work spilled over into non-work hours and increased pressure to multi-task, two Berkeley researchers ...
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Waymo Unleashes DeepMind Genie 3 To Toughen Up SF Robotaxis

Waymo is training its robotaxis on streets that only exist inside a computer, and it is doing it with help from DeepMind's ...

Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars

Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the ...

I'm a software engineer who moved from Lagos to Toronto. The difference in office cultures shocked me.

Daniel Fayemi, a software engineer, moved from Nigeria to Canada in 2024. He loves the weather and the food options but ...

Waymo’s Remote Helpers Are Based Overseas—And It’s Raising Big Safety Questions

At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers pressed Waymo chief safety officer Mauricio Peña about the company’s ...

Waymo goes fully autonomous in Nashville

Feb 9 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Waymo said on Monday it has gone fully autonomous in Nashville, Tennessee, ramping up operations as the robotaxi race heats up in the United States. In September, the ...
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Waymo Taps Google DeepMind Genie 3 for Self-Driving Simulation

Waymo has unveiled a generative simulation model using Google DeepMind's Genie 3 to create hyper-realistic autonomous driving scenarios its fleet has never encountered.