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Waymo’s Robotaxi Safety Benchmark, WhatsApp’s AI Access Order, and a New Test for Real-World Agents | UpNext AI – June 10, 2026
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- Jun 10, 2026
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Summary
A concise catch-up on today’s AI news: Waymo rolls out a new benchmark for comparing robotaxi behavior to human drivers, the EU orders WhatsApp to reopen access for rival AI assistants while an antitrust probe continues, and a new research benchmark tries to measure whether agents can actually handle messy real-world work. Covered in this episode: - Waymo says it built a new benchmark to compare robotaxis with human drivers in crash scenarios - The European Commission orders WhatsApp to restore free access for rival AI chatbots during an ongoing antitrust investigation - T1-Bench proposes a more realistic benchmark for multi-scenario AI agents - Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5, a public Mythos-class model with high-risk guardrails - NVIDIA says its confidential computing GPUs are being used in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute expansion to Google Cloud - GM links EV batteries, energy storage, and vehicle-to-grid plans to rising power demand from AI data centers Source links: - https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/waymo-says-it-built-a-better-benchmark-for-comparing-robotaxis-to-humans/ - https://www.theverge.com/tech/947516/meta-whatsapp-eu-third-party-ai-chatbot-ban-order - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11070v1 - https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/anthropics-claude-fable-5-is-a-version-of-mythos-the-public-can-access-today/ - https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-confidential-computing-apple-private-cloud-compute/ - https://www.theverge.com/transportation/946820/gm-energy-ev-v2g-storage-sodium-ion