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TESLA TARGETS JUNE 12 LAUNCH OF ROBOTAXI SERVICE IN AUSTIN

Tesla plans to launch its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin on June 12. The date has only been discussed internally and could still change. The company this week operated a test vehicle on public roads in Austin with no one in the driver's seat for the first time. Elon Musk said earlier this month that Tesla would officially roll out a fleet of about 10 self-driving robotaxis in Austin before expanding to a thousand vehicles within a few months.

HOW NASA IS USING GRAPH TECHNOLOGY AND LLMS TO BUILD A PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH

NASA is using graphs and LLMs to create a People Knowledge Graph. This graph-powered system is built on Memgraph and runs on AWS. It connects employees, projects, and skills to facilitate subject matter expert discovery, project similarity analysis, and real-time organizational insights. NASA ingests data from various sources, extracts skills using LLMs, and uses a RAG-based chatbot interface for querying the graph in natural language.

US LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE DIGITAL ASSET REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

The “Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025,” introduced by Representative French Hill with bipartisan support, establishes a clear regulatory framework by delineating SEC and CFTC oversight roles for various digital assets. The bill mandates accurate disclosures of project operations, ownership, and structure, and imposes stringent compliance standards on brokers and dealers. It also creates comprehensive registration regimes to legally authorize digital asset firms to serve U.S. customers.

PERPLEXITY'S NEW TOOL CAN GENERATE SPREADSHEETS, DASHBOARDS, AND MORE

Perplexity Labs, a tool now available to Perplexity Pro users, can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. It is available on the web, iOS, and Android and will soon be available on Perplexity's apps for Mac and Windows. The tool is designed to help people complete a variety of work and personal projects. It can take 10 minutes or more to run and use tools like web search, code execution, and chart and image creation.

CHINA TO VISIT EARTH'S ‘QUASI-MOON' AND BRING A CHUNK OF IT BACK HOME

China's National Space Agency has launched an asteroid sample mission aimed at Asteroid 2016HO3, aka 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, which orbits the Sun. The Tianwen 2 probe rode a Long March 3B rocket into orbit at 1:31 Thursday morning. 2016HO3 is estimated to have a diameter of 40 to 100 meters. It is an attractive target for exploration because it can be reached by a spacecraft traveling at a modest 7 kilometers per second. The probe will reach the asteroid in about a year and then orbit it for a while before landing and attempting to retrieve around 100 grams of material.

HUGGING FACE UNVEILS TWO NEW HUMANOID ROBOTS

Hugging Face has announced a pair of open source humanoid robots. HopeJR is a full-sized humanoid robot with 66 actuated degrees of freedom. It can walk and move its arms. Reachy Mini is a desktop unit that can move its head, talk, listen, and be used to test AI apps. There is no timeline for shipping these robots, but the company anticipates shipping the first few units by the end of the year. The waitlist is currently open. A video of HopeJR being demonstrated at an event is available in the article.

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