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South Korea just did something no other country has done Let's start with the facts—I checked these one by one (sources cross-verified across multiple credible outlets, linked at the end): South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (roughly equivalent to a tech ministry) has finalized the three operating consortiums for its "AI for All" program: SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao. Beta starts in September, full launch by year-end. The core pitch is two words: free, unlimited . Doesn't matter what you earn, how old you are, or whether you're tech-savvy—all 52 million people in South Korea get direct access to generative AI, and officials are explicit: "no token limit." The government has allocated 512 NVIDIA B200 chips to these three companies this year, and starting in 2027, the national budget will even absorb part of the cost of running this nationwide service. That makes Korea the first G20 country to do this. (Quick reality check here: "unlimited" is the official claim, not physical reality. Feeding 52 million people off 512 chips necessarily means tiered rate limiting, or dumping most requests onto lightweight models—there's no way everyone gets truly unlimited access. Finding that hidden trapdoor is exactly what I plan to test myself later.) Every headline is chasing "free" and "unlimited." But free and unlimited is just the hook to get 52 million people flowing in—the real move that turns that traffic into a moat is buried in the next section. The real catch: that 80% There's a rule that every article glosses over, and it goes like this: Every operator must route at least 50% of queries to its own "certified Korean sovereign foundation model," and at least another 30% to other Korean companies' models. Combined, the floor for domestic models is 80% . I saw a viral social post claiming "at least 50% on domestic models"—that number is way too conservative. The actual floor is 80%. This is the soul of the entire program. "Free and unlimited" isn't charity—it's an incentiv

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis.

The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab, which lacks a steering wheel and pedals, meets vehicle safety standards.

The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.

An invite-only event in Austin, Texas, kept online fans in the dark for hours.

The company published a form on its website Thursday soliciting info from people who are interested in "Cybercab fleet vehicle purchasing."

The company is about to formally launch the gold two-seater, with no steering wheel or pedals -- a move that could change Tesla forever.

Zoox is expanding to this critical ride-hailing destination a few weeks after it started charging for robotaxi rides.

The electric-auto maker will officially debut its steering-wheel-free robotaxi on Thursday. But building the vehicle is the easy part.

What the court actually held Amazon sued Perplexity in November 2025 over its Comet browser, pleading the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California's Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act. A district court granted a preliminary injunction in March 2026. The Ninth Circuit stayed it pending appeal, and in August 2026 vacated it. The reasoning is the part worth carrying away. On the record before the panel, the systems were being accessed by Amazon's own customers, signed into their own accounts, using software they had chosen. Perplexity was not the one accessing Amazon. On that basis Amazon was unlikely to prevail on a statute written about unauthorised access. It is the first federal appellate ruling on whether AI agents acting for a user may access an online platform, and the panel was careful to say it was deciding that record rather than announcing a doctrine. What it did not hold It did not say agents are welcome, and it did not say a site has lost control of its own front door. Contract claims were not what the panel found weak. Terms of service, trademark questions and state-law theories are all untouched. A different record with different facts, particularly one where the agent operates at scale rather than for one signed-in customer, could come out differently. The useful summary is narrow and worth stating without decoration: computer-misuse law is a weak instrument against software a customer chose to run on their own account. The distinction the ruling turns on Crawler User's agent Acting for Its operator One signed-in customer Scale Many sites, high volume One session at a time Authenticated Usually not As the customer Data ends up In the operator's product In front of the person who asked The ruling's reasoning Does not apply Applies Most blocking rules in the wild do not make this distinction. A blanket refusal of automated access catches a customer's own agent alongside the scraper it was aimed at, and those two are commercially o

The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors."

"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.

Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren't safe enough.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to OSHA.

Germany's autonomous vehicle regulations have made it a hotspot for autonomous vehicle testing and eventual commercial robotaxi deployment.

The responses to NHTSA's questions so far are redacted entirely, citing "confidential business information."

Alphabet-owned company is seeking to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services.

The next-generation robotaxi, called the Waymo Ojai, is central to the company's push towards mass scale, and eventually, profitability.