Ring is snitching again, Uber’s robot cars, and Sam Altman says don’t trust him

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Tip of the spear:

Uber will deploy 20,000 autonomous taxis LINK

• Uber plans to add 20,000 autonomous taxis to its network by partnering with automaker Lucid to build the vehicles and Nuro for the software.

• The fleet will use modified Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with the Nuro Driver module, a system targeting Level 4 autonomy with an Nvidia DRIVE Thor chip.

• Production starts in late 2026 for a launch in a single US city, with the full rollout planned over the subsequent six years.

US passes first major national crypto legislation LINK

• The US has passed its first major national crypto legislation, called the Genius Act, which President Trump is now expected to sign into law.

• This new bill establishes a regulatory regime for stablecoins, requiring them to be backed one-for-one with the dollar or other similar low-risk assets.

• Critics argue the measure introduces new risks by legitimizing these coins without enough consumer protections, leaving customers vulnerable if a stablecoin firm should fail.

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films LINK

• The company confirmed its first GenAI final footage appeared in the Argentine show “El Atonata,” where AI tools were used to create a building collapsing scene.

• Executives claim the visual effect was completed 10 times faster and at a lower cost compared to production using traditional visual effect tools.

• Netflix also plans to use AI for other creator tools, including pre-visualization, shot-planning, and making complex visual effects like de-aging available for smaller projects.

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Keep it moving

Man beats AI model in world coding championship LINK

Google's AI can now make phone calls for you LINK

Ring reintroduces video sharing with police LINK

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns users not to trust ChatGPT agent with sensitive or personal data LINK

AI is tricking people into traveling to places that don't exist, and we all need to learn to avoid these scams LINK

Amazon launches an AI agent-building platform LINK

OpenAI will take a cut of ChatGPT shopping sales LINK

How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Trump to Sell A.I. Chips to China LINK

Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving LINK

Perplexity CEO's warning to startups: big tech will "copy anything that's good" LINK

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT agent LINK

Code Story Podcast: Hear tech founders spill the source code on their biggest wins, wildest bugs, and how they almost named their app “Appy McAppface.”

What I’m thinking about:

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• This Daily Practice Made My Digital Life 10x Better Blog

• AI and the spectrum of consciousness YouTube

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