September 15, 2026

Tuesday

Artificial Intelligence Waymo, GO, and Nihon Kotsu target a 2027 commercial autonomous ride-hailing launch in Tokyo, combining Waymo’s driverless technology with GO’s app and Nihon Kotsu’s local taxi operations, pending regulatory approval. Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Live models for fluid, reasoning-capable voice agents, combining near-real-time visual grounding, background tool execution, multilingual conversation, and extended thinking for complex tasks. TypeSafe introduces Jev, a fast System One model for typed, calibrated decisions, trading open-ended text generation for structured outputs, confidence estimates, and automation-focused latency.