Waymo Brings Gemini Assistant Into Its Custom Ojai Robotaxis
Waymo integrated Google's Gemini AI assistant into its custom Ojai robotaxis on August 19, 2026, allowing passengers to control cabin features and access information through voice commands. Riders activate Gemini by pressing an on-screen icon while the Waymo Driver autonomous system manages driving operations.
Read full story →SANY Ships First Autonomous Electric Mining Trucks to South America
SANY Group shipped its first SKT110Ei pure-electric autonomous mining trucks to South America on August 12, 2026. The deployment includes an intelligent dispatching system and lifecycle operations and maintenance services for the trucks.
TrueFoundry's open source AI agent harness TrueForge boasts 30%-75% cheaper task completion than Claude Managed Agents
TrueForge, an open source AI agent harness released under MIT License, costs 30% to 75% less per task completion than Claude Managed Agents. When paired with GLM-5.2, TrueForge completed 11 of 14 enterprise tasks for $2.90 versus $11.80 with Claude Opus 4.8.
Hyve Solutions Picks Nevada for Two AI Server Manufacturing Campuses
Two AI server manufacturing campuses will be built in Nevada, with a 624,000-square-foot flagship facility in Reno and a second site in North Las Vegas. The two facilities are expected to create approximately 3,000 jobs and produce compute, storage, and networking systems for AI data centers.