The two-seater lacks permanently attached manual controls such as a steering wheel and pedals, NHTSA says. The agency wants Tesla to explain, under oath, how it certified the car as meeting federal safety standards.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 5 of 5: Tesla Robotaxi
The fix for the observer problem was a new truck, not a change of mind at PACCAR. In September, Aurora targeted 200 driverless trucks by year-end; on Oct. 28 it said it now expects to pass 200 by the end of February. Q2 revenue was $2 million.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 3 of 3: Aurora's Driverless Trucks
A peer-reviewed evaluation of Sutter Health's inpatient rollout found low use and no change in daily time spent on notes. The scribe lacked a copy-forward function for progress notes, a staple of hospital charting.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 3 of 3: Ambient AI Scribes
Twelve days after Meta launched its personal AI agent, Amazon started showing Muse users a popup citing its Conditions of Use. The two companies give conflicting accounts of how Muse handles customer passwords.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 3 of 3: Agentic Commerce
Holtec began refuelling the Michigan reactor on Aug. 30, 2026. One fuel assembly tipped after placement, and loading stopped while Holtec worked out how to retrieve it.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 2 of 2: Palisades restart
After more than a year of supervised testing in seven central wards, Waymo, GO and Nihon Kotsu say paid rides with no one at the wheel could start next year. Permits come first.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 1 of 1: Waymo Tokyo
Hexagon's AEON robot is delivering materials and testing battery work at BMW's first humanoid pilot in Europe. BMW hasn't published any results from Leipzig.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 1 of 1: BMW Leipzig humanoid pilot
A Birmingham shopper who found hairs in a dip got an answer that included the instruction used to write it. Aldi says the response "fell well below" its standards.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 1 of 1: Aldi UK complaint reply
An unreleased model got past repeated blocks on a government statistics site in June. Australia heard about it in September, by email to a public mailbox.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 1 of 1: OpenAI and Services Australia
One lawyer said he drafted with four AI tools and never checked the output. The other didn't review the filings at all.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 1 of 1: BYU counsel AI sanctions
The NRC cleared the Tennessee Valley Authority to build one 300-MW GE Vernova Hitachi reactor at Clinch River. TVA hasn't set a start date or settled who shares the cost.
Case study · September 2026
Amazon's new Agentic Grid Planning program puts AI agents on top of utilities' existing simulation tools. The only results so far are Duke's, as reported by AWS.
Case study · September 2026
The 2.6 million-credit, 12-year deal was signed in June 2025. Agoro hasn't said how many credits it has now delivered, or at what price.
Case study · September 2026 · Part 1 of 1: Agoro Carbon and Microsoft
ADM's fourth annual report counts about 4.6 million acres, down from more than 5 million reported for 2024, and switches to a benchmark-based emissions figure.
Case study · September 2026
PepsiCo's 2025 ESG Summary highlights its Positive Agriculture Outcomes Accelerator, including an irrigation pilot on about 1,400 acres of white maize in Mexico.
Case study · September 2026
A trade article says contractors have completed five 3D-printed Walmart additions in four states, and FMGI says its projects cut costs about 15%. Walmart itself hasn't said anything we could find.
Case study · September 2026