Tesla Announces New Robotaxi Called CyberCab
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
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- Tesla’s new robotaxi model, Cybercab, does not have pedals or steering wheel
- The company will produce the new vehicle in 2026
- Another model, the Robovan, will fit up to 20 passengers
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, showed the company’s new robotaxi, Cybercab, this Thursday at the “We, Robot” event at Warner Bros. Studios in California.
According to The Guardian , the billionaire and a man dressed in a spacesuit arrived on the stage in the new vehicle. Musk announced that the new robotaxi does not have pedals or a steering wheel and that the price is expected to be below $30,000.
The new vehicle will be produced in 2026. At the event, there were 20 more Cybercabs and 50 more autonomous vehicles for visitors to test. Musk mentioned that the new vehicles could be used as Uber-like taxis and shared his vision of parking lots being replaced by parks and people watching movies when moving to a different location. “It’s going to be a glorious future,” he added.
Musk also announced a new larger vehicle, the Robovan, with capacity for up to 20 people, but didn’t disclose the price.
As reported by Reuters , Musk assured visitors that “autonomous cars could be 10 times safer than humans and drive five to 10 times longer.” He shared his excitement about the future and the possibility of getting “time back” with the new technology.
The CEO also explained that the Cybercab cost of energy will be around 20 cents a mile, that it will not require plugs as the charging process will be inductive, and that the Robovan will be cheaper, around 5 cents a mile.
The presentation lasted less than 30 minutes and over 4 million X users watched it on the platform online.
Tesla has also been developing humanoid robots and recently shared a new job position to train the new models.
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TikTok Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in AI Content Moderation Shift
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
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- TikTok fired nearly 500 employees in Malaysia on Wednesday and more layoffs are expected globally
- AI will replace most content moderation jobs as it has taken over 80% of the operations
- ByteDance has over 110,000 workers across 200 cities worldwide
TikTok, the social media platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is laying off hundreds of employees worldwide as part of a shift toward using artificial intelligence, primarily in content moderation.
According to Reuters , an anonymous source from TikTok confirmed this Friday that nearly 500 employees in Malaysia were affected. The workers were informed this Wednesday via email, and most of them were part of the content moderation operations.
“We’re making these changes as part of our ongoing efforts to further strengthen our global operating model for content moderation,” said a TikTok spokesperson in a statement.
The source also confirmed that more employees across the globe are expected to be affected by the ongoing modernization of operational processes. ByteDance has around 110,00 employees and presence in around 200 cities, as stated on its website.
With the new system, the company is now removing 80% of content that violates guidelines and rules with artificial intelligence and plans to invest $2 billion in trust and safety for the rest of the year globally.
According to The Malaysia Reserve , which first reported the story, TikTok had been using a combination of humans and artificial intelligence to manage its content moderation operations. Tiktok’s AI technology has been learning from workers to moderate content under a supervised learning process. Human feedback helped the AI improve its accuracy, and it seems to have reached high standard levels.
TikTok has been sued this week by 13 states in the United States over child safety violations, and it’s being accused of having an addictive algorithm that makes children stay on the platform for long periods.
