This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 12)
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Summary
Nvidia’s current 4trnvaluationhaseclipsedApple′spreviousrecordof3.8trn set in December; much of Nvidia’s success is attributable to the AI hype train, as the firm has been labelled as the leader in AI hardware production.
Robotic surgery on human patients could be permitted within the next decade, after a team of US experts schooled a robot using video footage of human medics conducting operations using organs taken from dead pigs; subsequent tests using live pig organs resulted in a 100% success rate.
EU regulators are proposing rules for powerful AI systems to improve transparency, limit copyright violations, and protect public safety; these rules are unenforceable until next year, amid intense debate as to how aggressively new technologies should be regulated to pursue future economic success.
Waymo’s robotaxis have been made available to teenagers in the Phoenix area to ride alone, marking the company’s latest step towards full autonomy; the service, which will eventually expand to all markets in which Waymo operates its robotaxis, is available to users aged 14 to 17.