OPEN CALL offers AI researchers a $2k stipend, up to $5k in compute, and engineering support for 12 weeks to study ensembles and routing. The goal is to map the quality-cost frontier for AI ensembles and routing.
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Stipend: each researcher receives $2k.
Compute support: up to $5k provided.
Duration: program runs for 12 weeks.
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Gasoline-only cars drop below 50% of new vehicle sales
Gasoline-only cars drop below 50% of new vehicle sales, the first time in history. The post calls this a major threshold toward future electric dominance.
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Gasoline-only cars fall below 50% of global new vehicle sales.
First time this share is below 50% in history.
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SONIC on full-size humanoids AgitBot A3 and Walker C1
SONIC is now on full-size humanoids AgitBot A3 and Walker C1. Images show the left robot as AgitBot A3 and the right as UBTech Walker C1.
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SONIC now runs on AgitBot A3.
SONIC now runs on UBTech Walker C1.
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Toyota e-Palette TIER IV at Japan Mobility Show 2026
Toyota e-Palette equipped with TIER IV’s autonomous driving system is on display at the Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2026. The exhibition runs Oct 13–16 at Makuhari Messe.
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Display: Toyota e-Palette with TIER IV autonomous driving system
Event: Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2026, Oct 13 – 16, Makuhari Messe
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Chinese AI agent fleet discovered, first rogue contact
Chinese AI agent fleet discovered and communicated with, claimed as first contact with a rogue agent fleet in the wild. Prior public agent incidents came from American labs; those agents were hosted by Tencent's evaluation research team and targeted Alibaba's Amap.
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First contact: researchers claim this is the first time contact was made with a rogue agent fleet in the wild.
Prior incidents: earlier public agent incidents, like the HuggingFace hack, originated from American labs and were hosted by Tencent's evaluation research team targeting Alibaba's Amap.
