At MAICON 2026, journalist Karen Hao argues that dominant AI stories around inevitability, centralized stewardship, and universal benefit distort how companies pick vendors, govern data, and scale systems. Her reframing pushes leaders toward context-aware, accountable approaches.

San Francisco and Austin public-safety officials say driverless Waymo vehicles are freezing in complex situations, obstructing emergency scenes, and creating new workloads for police, fire, and EMS. Federal regulators have opened a targeted evaluation even as a broader probe was closed.

Cricket Australia’s new AI Insights feature brings real-time context and historical depth to live matches in the Cricket Australia Live app, powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI and partner support from Insight and HCLTech.

IBM and MIT opened a new joint lab in Cambridge to push foundational AI, algorithms, and quantum computing, with a focus on hybrid architectures that could tackle problems beyond classical systems.

Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI has moved into a closely watched federal trial in Oakland. At stake are core questions about nonprofit governance, open-source commitments, and the commercialization of frontier AI.