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Uber and Wayve Put 15 Supervised Robotaxis on London’s Streets

The launch brings Wayve’s AI driving system into paid passenger service in London, but the fleet remains small and a safety driver remains responsible for every trip. Uber riders in London can now be matched with Wayve autonomous vehicles through the app. The service starts with 15 licensed cars, each carrying a licensed human driver who can take control if needed.

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Launch Products

Sep 1, 2026

Amazon Quick Pitches Connected Workflows as Vertiv Plans 25% User Growth in 2026

AWS is framing Quick as a conversational layer across business systems, but its customer examples describe deployments and intended uses rather than comparable measures of productivity or return. AWS is promoting Amazon Quick as a work assistant that uses agentic teammates for research, business insights and automation, while also turning conversations into finished work products. Respect your permissions?

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Launch Products

Sep 1, 2026

John Deere Adds Free JD Farm-Data AI to Operations Center, With Fall Early Access

The new assistant is meant to turn a farm’s field, machine and operating records into answers about yield, fuel use and work patterns—without requiring a new equipment purchase. John Deere is introducing JD, a free conversational AI assistant for Operations Center that lets farmers query their own historical field, machine and operational data. The product extends Deere’s earlier use of AI in the platform.

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Last week

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Launch Products

Aug 29, 2026

Meta Offers Free AI Glasses and Training to More Than 130,000 Blind Veterans

The donation puts an AI wearable in the hands of a large, specific population. Its practical value will rest on whether local training helps recipients use the device for everyday tasks. Meta has begun offering free Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to more than 130,000 legally blind veterans in the United States, pairing the devices with hands-on training.

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Launch Infrastructure

Aug 29, 2026

CME Targets Oct. 5 Nvidia GPU Futures Launch as CFTC Tests the Benchmark

The proposed contracts would turn changing GPU rental rates into a financial price, not a claim on scarce hardware. Their value will hinge on a benchmark that reflects a fragmented market and draws real participation. CME Group plans to launch futures tied to Nvidia H100 and B200 rental prices on October 5, pending regulatory approval.

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Launch Models

Aug 26, 2026

China Media Group Launches AI Media System Push With Telecom, Cloud and Chip Partners

The effort links a broadcaster’s production workflow to telecom networks, cloud computing, chips and security systems, but leaves the eventual model and deployment timetable undefined. China Media Group has launched two co-building initiatives intended to create a media-specific AI system: one organized around ecosystem infrastructure and another around a large model for audiovisual media.

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Launch Tools

Aug 25, 2026

Army Major Builds CHAP AI Agent for Chapel Resource and Facilities Work

The course-built platform is designed to turn recurring chapel logistics into reusable processes, but its reported role remains an intended administrative aid rather than a demonstrated operational result. The U.S. Army’s newest AI-course project is aimed at an unusually narrow operational problem: the administrative work behind chapel operations.

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Launch Infrastructure

Aug 24, 2026

Nvidia Puts Groq 3 LPX Into Production for Faster AI-Agent Responses

The first Nebius deployment will test Nvidia’s argument that specialized token generation can make long, tool-using AI sessions more responsive while leaving GPUs at the center of the system. Nvidia has put its Groq 3 LPX inference chip into full production, turning technology acquired from Groq into a rack-scale product for AI systems where delayed output can make an agent feel slow.

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August 2026

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Launch Products

Aug 20, 2026

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Ads to 31 European Markets, With Buying Still Managed

OpenAI’s largest ChatGPT Ads expansion broadens the platform’s European reach, but advertisers must initially buy through OpenAI and its partners before self-service arrives later this summer. OpenAI will expand ChatGPT Ads to 31 European countries next week, its largest rollout yet. Ads will be limited to Free and Go users.

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