The EU has revealed details of a 20bn ( 17bn) plan to create new sites equipped with vast supercomputers in Europe to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models, while opening the door to amending its landmark law that regulates the technology. Publishing a strategy to turn Europe into an "AI continent", the European Commission vice-president Henna Virkkunen said the technology was at the heart of making Europe more competitive, secure and technologically sovereign, adding: "The global race for AI is far from over." The EU is attempting to catch up with the US and China, which have taken a lead in pioneering the technology that increasingly powers shopping websites and self-driving cars, generates text, and is predicted to play a transformative role in healthcare, security and defence, and advanced manufacturing, among other sectors. The US has a commanding lead in AI, far ahead of China. A report from Stanford University this week said 40 "notable AI models" – meaning influential – were produced by institutions in the US in 2024, compared with 15 in China and three in Europe (all French).

The European Commission is raising 20 billion to construct four "AI gigafactories" as part of Europe's strategy to catch up with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence, but some industry experts question whether it makes sense to build them. The plan for the large public access data centers, unveiled by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last month, will face challenges ranging from obtaining chips to finding suitable sites and electricity. "Even if we would build such a big computing factory in Europe, and even if we would train a model on that infrastructure, once it's ready, what do we do with it?" said Bertin Martens, of economic think tank Bruegel. The hope is that new local firms such as France's Nvidia-backed Mistral startup will grow and use them to create AI models that operate in line with EU AI safety and data protection rules, which are stricter than those in the U.S. or China.

If Elon Musk's claims made during Tesla's shareholder meeting this week are accurate, get ready for that humanoid robot he promised, some self-driving software update, and an overhauled Cybertruck. Then again, this is Elon we're talking about. The tech tycoon's portion of Thursday's meeting consisted of a Tesla corporate update that included a lot of standard fare, such as news that the automaker's operations have reportedly produced more electricity than they've used and that the biz reached a 1.5 million annual vehicle production run-rate in June. Beyond that, Musk's predictions for his car company's short-term future are part lofty, part hard to believe. As is Musk's style, much of the talk was peppered with jokes – in this case about the upcoming version of Full Self-Driving (FSD) that, instead of being 10.12 or .13,

Elon Musk is determined to reshape the world by transforming his excellent outside-the-box ideas into viable products and services. His AI inventions are providing top-notch services to the global market efficiently. Genius is always in search of new ideas using AI and its sub-fields to strive for success. Let's dig into the latest AI innovations that can transform the world into a better place. Elon Musk achieved success by implementing Neuralink in a Gyek pig known as Gertrude in August 2020.

The future for contactless product delivery is already here, and a pandemic seems to already be moving this trend forward. It just needs companies to implement and customers to accept the new delivery and tracking methods, along with other innovations, that will make this so. When this happens, we may one day look back and quietly thank the lowly coronavirus for catapulting us into a brighter future. One of the more iconic images from the early days of this disease comes from late March 2020, during San Francisco's citywide coronavirus lockdown, when "aspiring drone racing pilot" David Chen delivered a single roll of much-needed toilet paper to his friend Ian Chan in another part of the city. Chan captured the delivery on video and posted it to his Twitter feed, which ironically went viral.

"If somebody graduated from a great university, that may be an indication that they will be capable of great things, but it's not necessarily the case. If you look at, say, people like Bill Gates or Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, these guys didn't graduate from college, but if you had a chance to hire them, of course that would be a good idea," Musk said. Instead, Musk said he looks for "evidence of exceptional ability. And if there is a track record of exceptional achievement, then it is likely that that will continue into the future," he told Auto Bild. Tesla needs artificial intelligence talent to work on its self-driving vehicle ambitions.

Tesla looks to Shanghai and Joker fans head to the Bronx, but first, today's cartoon: What's rarer than a unicorn? Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Good news out of the Gigafactory: Tesla is back in black. On Wednesday, the electric carmaker announced a positive net profit in its quarterly report, the first record of earnings for the company since the end of 2018.

Chris Lister, vice president of operations of the Tesla Gigafactory, provides insight during a tour on Dec. 3, 2018. Big numbers are one way to appreciateTesla's gargantuan Nevada Gigafactory. Operating 24-hours per day in shifts, workers produce enough battery packs and drive units in a week to power 5,300 of Tesla's Model 3 sedans. Tesla says at 5.4 million square feet, roughly equivalent to 50 Home Depot stores, the factory is just 30 percent of its potential size and is already producing more batteries than all other carmakers combined. With more than 7,000 Tesla workers, the factory is responsible for increasing manufacturing employment in the Reno-Sparks area by 55 percent since 2014, according to the Governor's Office of Economic Development.

Hours after Tesla sued its former employee on charges he had stolen company secrets, and days after chief Elon Musk had called him a saboteur, the Silicon Valley automaker made a startling claim. The company had received a call from a friend of the employee, Martin Tripp, saying he would be coming to Tesla's Gigafactory battery plant in Nevada to "shoot the place up," according to a Tesla spokesman. But Tripp, who says he became a whistleblower after seeing what he called dangerous conditions in the company's car batteries, told The Washington Post he had said no such thing. Emails exchanged that day between him and Musk, provided to The Post and confirmed by Tesla, show bitter words from both men but also Tripp saying he had "never made a threat." Tesla's claims, he said, are "absurd! Insane is a better word."

On Tuesday, Tesla held its annual shareholder meeting. As expected, none of the controversial shareholder votes passed--there will be no independent CEO replacing Musk, and his brother and the other two candidates were reelected to the board with no drama or fireworks. Even Tesla's chief counsel Todd Maron referred to the opening agenda items as "the boring bits." Things got more interesting once Musk took to the stage for a Q&A session, answering queries submitted in advance via Twitter and then from the audience. It was an odd performance, often feeling more like a Netflix comedy special than a shareholder meeting.