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Uber is vigorously promoting AI applications, cutting 10% of its customer service positions, affecting about several hundred employees. The company says this move is to improve efficiency, but unions and experts are concerned about employment prospects.
Volkswagen Group China is advancing the in-house development of its advanced intelligent driving system. By cooperating with Horizon Robotics, it has abandoned the pure external procurement model and shifted to white-box licensing, achieving full-stack self-developed algorithms. The system will go into mass production in the third quarter of 2026, covering seven new models, and plans to launch L3 autonomous driving in the second half of 2027.
As an African island nation, Seychelles enhances economic resilience through modernization of payment systems, regulation of digital assets, and application of fintech.
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As of 2026, the deep tech industry has raised over $1.33 trillion in cumulative funding over the past decade, with over $375 billion raised in 2026 alone. The United States leads with 28,758 startups, with OpenAI, NVIDIA, etc. as benchmarks. Early-stage and late-stage funding reached $287 billion and $726 billion respectively.
NSF's second batch of Regional Innovation Engines receives total funding of $180 million, with 12 university-led alliances set to advance technology clusters and workforce development within two years, and potential additional funding of up to $160 million.