News — 2026-10-05

Elon Musk revealed that Tesla's robotaxis are still working on reliably detecting animals on the road at night, describing the challenge as 'grey kittens on grey tarmac'. The issue persists as Austin's service hours have been extended to 11pm, and the EU is set to vote on Tesla's driver assistance software this week. Read more

JetBrains has developed Air Context, a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline that enables precise semantic code search. The platform uses a combination of parsing, chunking, and vectorization to index source code and support AI-powered features. Read more

Google has paused its open source bug bounty program due to a significant rise in AI submissions, citing an overwhelming number of invalid reports and hallucinations. The program, which rewards researchers for finding vulnerabilities in Google's open source software, will be updated in the first quarter of 2027. Read more

A Florida woman is facing felony charges after she used an AI chatbot as a diary and allegedly wrote about planning to 'shoot up' the Sheriff's office. The chatbot's safety systems flagged the entry, which was then reported to law enforcement. Read more