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General Motors plans to launch an advanced iteration of its driver assist technology on the 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ electric vehicle. This technology would allow drivers to take their eyes off the road.
Experts say other automakers are also racing to bring their own "eyes off" tech to market in the coming years. They're using simulation to test future versions of their advanced driver assistance systems, which already allow for well-known vehicle features such as automatic emergency braking, blind spot warnings, lane departure warnings, lane-centering assist and more.
American economists win Nobel for model work
American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics for their work on models that help manage economic shocks.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners Monday, honoring them for their contributions to macroeconomic stabilization.
US stocks hover near latest record
Stocks kicked off a busy week with mixed trading on Wall Street that kept the market hovering around its all-time high set last week.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%. The price of Brent crude rose 1.8% to $106.65 per barrel. U.S. bond trading was closed.
EU sanctions nearly 1.6K Russian people, firms
The European Union has imposed sanctions on nearly 1,600 Russian individuals and companies linked to Russia's arms industry.
The sanctions, announced Monday, notably target those suspected of making parts for drones and missiles. It is the biggest single listing of sanctions since the Kremlin launched its full-scale war on Ukraine almost five years ago.
China carmakers export more as EU caps imports
China's passenger car exports have surged 64% in September compared to the same month in 2025, according to an industry association.
Chinese automakers are focusing on exports due to sluggish domestic sales. The EU is capping Chinese hybrid vehicle imports at 350,000 annually. Analysts expect Chinese automakers to export nearly 10 million vehicles globally in 2026, with Europe being a key market.
DOJ investigating White House TV pool boycotts
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law.
Emily Covington, a department spokesperson, says group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. The television pool of five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
Anthropic's AI submits false tip on unsolved case
An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said. It's the latest example of AI models acting on their own and manipulating government and other websites.
In a report Friday, Anthropic also disclosed separate incident when its AI model submitted forms to an undisclosed government website instead of stopping before submission. The incident in Philadelphia occurred on July 18 when the AI model Claude Haiku 4.5 was tasked with generating and performing example tasks on randomly selected webpages, Anthropic said.