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Austin-based Autonomize AI, which develops AI agents for automating administrative workflows in healthcare and life sciences, raised a $28M Series A (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2025/06/12/autonomize-ai-raise…

Exclusive: Autonomize AI gets $28M for health agents
It's the latest sign of investor appetite for infrastructure-layer AI in health care.

Collaborative Trustworthiness for Good Decision Making in Autonomous Systems
Selma Saidi, Omar Laimona, Christoph Schmickler, Dirk Ziegenbein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11135

Collaborative Trustworthiness for Good Decision Making in Autonomous Systems
Autonomous systems are becoming an integral part of many application domains, like in the mobility sector. However, ensuring their safe and correct behaviour in dynamic and complex environments remains a significant challenge, where systems should autonomously make decisions e.g., about manoeuvring. We propose in this paper a general collaborative approach for increasing the level of trustworthiness in the environment of operation and improve reliability and good decision making in autonomous s…

The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people.
Earlier this month, the official government websites that hosted the authoritative, peer-reviewed national climate assessments went dark.
Such sites tell state and local governments and the public what to expect in their backyards from a warming world and how best to adapt to it.
At the …

NASA website won't publish major climate change reports
The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports. On Monday, NASA announced it would not host the National Climate Assessments, reversing earlier plans. These reports detail climate impacts across the U.S. and were previously available on government websites that went offline earlier this month. NASA stated it has no legal obligation to host the data. Critics, including scientists, accuse the administration of trying to …

Trump Admin to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food for Children (Tom Sanders/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-to-incinerate-500-tons-of-emergency-food-for-children/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250715/p70#a250715p70

Uber will Robotaxi-Fahrten mit Baidu aus China bald weltweit vermitteln
Die Uber-App könnte künftig zur Robotaxi-App werden. Denn der Fahrdienstvermittler kooperiert mit Baidu und plant die Expansion autonomer Fahrten weltweit.

Why is the Trump Administration Destroying Almost $10 Million of Contraceptives? (They're also burning 500 tons of food aid meant for hungry children.)
https://jill.substack.com/p/why-is-the-trump-administration-destroying

Berlin-based Motor Ai, which develops neuroscience-driven Level 4 autonomous driving tech and plans to deploy it on German roads in 2025, raised a $20M seed (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat)
https://gamesbeat.com/after-8-years-motor-ai-raises-20m-for-autonom…

After 8 years, Motor Ai raises $20M for autonomous driving software
After eight years of work, Motor Ai has raised $20 million for autonomous driving software that prioritizes compliance.

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:
Rally · Volunteer organized
Thursday, July 17
7:30 – 8:30pm PDT
State Street & West Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
About this event
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.
On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s pass…

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump adminis…

Trump administration restarts third-country deportations with flight to Eswatini (Laura Strickler/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-admin-restarts-third-country-deportations-flight-eswatini-rcna219041
http://www.memeorandum.com/250716/p78#a250716p78

Trump administration slapped with 'impoundment' violation for freezing library, museum funding (Jennifer Scholtes/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/16/congress/trump-administration-slapped-with-impoundment-violation-for-freezing-library-museum-funding-00407686
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p70#a250616p70