General Motors kills the robotaxi Cruise division, ceding the market to Waymo and Tesla; Embodied runs out of money, spelling doom for its Moxie robot. Guest co-host Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch joins the show to discuss what this means for the tech industry, along with other stories from recent weeks.
Articles and show links:
General Motors Scraps Cruise Robotaxi Program
www.wsj.com/business/autos/general-motors-scraps-c…
Moxie’s $799 Robot Companion for Children Is Going to Die gizmodo.com/moxies-799-robot-companion-for-childre…
Google claims quantum computing milestone – but the tech can’t solve real-world problems yet www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/google-claims-quantum-mile…
OpenAI releases Sora, its buzzy AI video-generation tool www.cnbc.com/2024/12/09/openai-releases-sora-its-b…
Simpsons and NFL present an animated version of Cowboys vs. Bengals
variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-simpsons-nfl-monday-n…
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