The Future Of Autonomy

Inside Fei-Fei Li’s $1 billion new AI company, World Labs The next frontier for AI? Understanding the real world, not just the digital one. World models are replacing LLMs as the next wave of AI investment and hype—and Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has first-mover advantage. Read StoryInside Uber’s strategy to avoid a head-on collision with autonomous cars Dara Khosrowshahi is spreading Uber’s robotaxi bets as early AV partner Waymo starts driving solo. Plus: A first look inside Uber's new Nuro AV. Read StoryMeet your company’s new HR reps: AI agents As companies experiment with agentic systems, top execs at Salesforce and AI-powered HR players like Phenom debate just what AI is good at and the unanswered questions ahead. Read StoryHow Visa is designing smarter credit cards for AI shopping As AI agents prepare to shop on consumers’ behalf, Visa is betting that cards won’t disappear—they’ll become even more important. Read StoryYour company just replaced people with AI agents. As a manager, what do you do now? How you handle the situation affects your team and your business. Read StoryAn AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code When a Matplotlib volunteer declined its pull request, the bot published a personal attack. Read StoryPayPal says AI shopping agents are creating an invisible storefront economy A new PayPal survey finds most merchants still lack the infrastructure to compete, as AI agents increasingly drive product discovery and purchasing. Read StoryIntuit thinks it’s found your company’s next CFO: AI CTO Alex Balazs on turning financial software into a ‘system of intelligence,’ the limits of automation, and why trust remains the hardest problem. Read StoryThe extended deadline for Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech Awards is Thursday, June 18, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today.