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How the global memory chip crunch, driven by AI demand, is hurting China's car industry, squeezing automakers already hit by a price war and razor-thin margins (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/automobiles/from-by…

From BYD to Xpeng, memory chip crunch squeezes China's automakers
AI-fueled shortages push up costs for groups already fighting brutal price war

This is a good piece from @… on how to use language to push back on “AI” (or “probabilistic automation” as she suggests) and stop anthropomorphising the synthetic text extruders.

How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization
Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...

“Om overbelasting van het stroomnet te voorkomen wordt gedacht aan een soort NL-alert voor netcongestie. Als ergens te veel stroom wordt gebruikt, krijgen mensen een pushmelding op hun telefoon met het verzoek hun elektrische auto wat later op te laden. Mogelijk krijg je daar zelfs iets voor terug.”
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NL-alert met vraag wasmachine uit te zetten moet overbelasting stroomnet voorkomen
Om overbelasting van het stroomnet te voorkomen wordt gedacht aan een soort NL-alert voor netcongestie. Als ergens te veel stroom wordt gebruikt, krijgen mensen een pushmelding op hun telefoon met het verzoek hun elektrische auto wat later op te laden. Mogelijk krijg je daar zelfs iets voor terug.

Bye, Felicia.
Fort Collins, CO, City Council has voted to immediately cancel its contract with Flock Safety, ending the city's participation in the company's automated license plate reader system. The 6-1 vote during a June 16 council meeting follows six months of public pushback on the use of the system. Council directed staff to immediately stop the collection of Flock data, immediately initiate the cancellation of the Flock contract, and remove cameras as expeditiously as pos…

Mistral acquires Vienna-based Emmi AI for an undisclosed sum to boost its industrial offerings in Europe; Emmi raised €15M in Austria's largest round in 2025 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-tra…

Docs: Uber lobbied for a "phased transition" to AVs, giving it an edge over self-driving developers; Uber says AV industry proposals overlook drivers' rights (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ubers-autonomous-vehicle-strategy…

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption
In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars. The company says it’s fighting monopolies.

DoorDash launches an in-app AI chatbot to let users order food and groceries and make reservations with photos and prompts (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/11/doordash-ai-ordering-automation.html

DoorDash lets customers use photos, prompts to order food and book reservations in latest AI push
DoorDash wants to let users simplify the ordering and reservation process through AI.

Nvidia unveils Cosmos 3, an open physical AI foundation model, to help robots and autonomous cars better understand the real world with limited training data (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/nvidia-ai-push-cosmos-3-world-model

Nvidia expands AI push with Cosmos 3 world model
The chip giants aims to become a platform for physical AI.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's enterprise push with PE firms poses a new competitive threat to India's IT industry, as services become increasingly automatable (Moneycontrol)
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Analysis: China's low-cost ecommerce exports fell 10.9% YoY in April to $9.81B, the fifth straight monthly decline, amid surging fuel costs and weakening demand (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-tra