Driverless cars, meet your eye doctor

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A car parked in front of a robotic arm.
Kinetic services cars attached with sensors that will be critical for an autonomous future.

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Uber's deal blitz to stop a robotaxi monopoly

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

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Hyundai's Motional wants to deploy robotaxis at lower costs. Here are 5 takeaways from our chat with the CEO.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Laura Majors, CEO of Motional, a robotaxi company, told Business Insider she made the "hard decision" to pause commercial services two years ago.

Motional

Former Uber CEO says Waymo is ahead in the robotaxi race — and Tesla is chasing a 'ChatGPT moment'

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Travis Kalanich
Travis Kalanick has unveiled a new automation startup, Atoms.

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Tesla says the first Cybercab just rolled off the production line at Gigafactory Texas

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Tesla Cybercab
Tesla said the first production Cybercab, a purpose-built robotaxi, rolled off the manufacturing line.

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Waymo is giving DoorDash drivers money to help shut the doors on its robotaxis

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A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on January 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
Waymo is paying DoorDash drivers to shut its doors.

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Behind robotaxis are thousands of humans helping the AI drive better

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Waymo robotaxis
Robotaxis are trained on data that have been annotated and labeled by humans around the world.

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We rode in dozens of driverless robotaxis in China. Here's what we saw — and our advice for other curious travelers.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Environment
Man in Chinese robotaxi in Wuhan smiles at camera.
Bryant Walker Smith, the main author, in a Baidu Apollo robotaxi in Wuhan.

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Uber's new plan to deploy 25,000 robotaxis will come from an autonomous trucking company — led by an Uber alum

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Waabi
Waabi, an autonomous trucking company, is teaming up with Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis.

Waabi

Tesla Q4 earnings recap: Musk talks $2 billion xAI investment, Optimus 3 — and makes shock announcement

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Tesla reported Q4 adjusted earnings per share ahead of estimates, but revenue fell short of analysts' expectations.

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Tesla earnings are here — and they arrived with some surprise announcements.

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