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Nvidia licensed Groq's AI inference technology and hired key engineers. Groq will continue to operate independently after the non-exclusive licensing agreement.

Waymo said it proactively paused operations Saturday evening as the outage intensified.

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Waymo is shipping a software update to help its robotaxis navigate disabled traffic lights during power outages “more decisively,” the company said Tuesday in a blog post that explains why its self-driving vehicles got stuck at intersections during a blackout in San Francisco this past weekend.

Waymo appears to be testing adding Google's Gemini AI chatbot to its robotaxis in an effort to integrate an AI assistant that would accompany riders and answer their queries, according to findings by researcher Jane Manchun Wong.

Shares are up roughly 64% year-to-date, significantly outperforming the broader market and reaffirming the company's status as a core leader within the Magnificent Seven.

BP (BP) will sell a 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak, valuing the unit at $10.1 billion. Waymo (GOOGL) will update its fleet software and emergency protocols after a San Francisco blackout immobilized vehicles.

Waymo said it will update its automated driving software to better manage large-scale power outages similar to the San Francisco blackout to reduce delays when multiple vehicles require human oversight at the same time. An electricity failure in San Francisco last weekend exposed how self-driving taxi systems respond under citywide stress.