AI news of 18 September 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city

Waymo plans to launch robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, expanding autonomous vehicle operations internationally.

Waymo Ojai fully autonomous ride-hailing vehicle travels along a city street, San Francisco, California, August 20, 2026. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) | Gado via Getty Images Waymo says it will launch a robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, as the Alphabet-owned company continues to eye overseas markets for expansion. Waymo's vehicles will begin arriving in Singapore in "the coming months," the company says, in preparation of mapping and autonomous testing with human safety drivers behind the wheel in 2027. Waymo says it is "working toward offering fully autonomous ride-hailing to the public" by 2028. Waymo will need approval from Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) before it can begin accepting passengers. The city-state requires all autonomous vehicles to undergo a…

The Verge 1mo ago 2 min read

AI in aviation

FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion

FAA deploys 875 million dollar AI software system to assist air traffic controllers with navigation.

Ars Technica 1mo ago also at TechCrunch

Military AI

Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets

Small AI models enable drones to autonomously identify and attack targets on the battlefield.

Ars Technica 1mo ago

AI models

A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers Opens at the publisher in a new tab

New AI model from ChatGPT inventor offers developers cheaper and faster software intelligence capabilities.

TechCrunch 1mo ago

AI security

Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI

Security researchers used Claude to find vulnerabilities in OpenAI's systems and accessed internal code.

The Verge 1mo ago also at Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Decoder

OpenAI legal AI

OpenAI takes aim at the legal market with Astra for Law Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI launches Astra for Law, a GPT-6 model designed for legal work and research.

The Decoder 1mo ago

Claude, agents

Quoting Thariq Shihipar

Anthropic adds AGENTS.md support to Claude Code for version 2.1.277.

Simon Willison 1mo ago

AI infrastructure

Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories” Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Crusoe Energy raises 3.9 billion dollars to build data centres and small modular systems for AI workloads.

TechCrunch 1mo ago

language models, efficiency

Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash

Cactus Needle 3 compression enables 8-29MB models to match larger AI model performance.

Hacker News 1mo ago

AI in education

Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Napster plans to use AI to create digital clones of teachers for classroom use.

Wired 1mo ago

Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city

FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion

Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets

A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI

OpenAI takes aim at the legal market with Astra for Law Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Quoting Thariq Shihipar

Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories” Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash

Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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