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The US military is expanding its use of artificial intelligence by introducing autonomous vehicles for the Marine Corps. The move is part of a broader effort to modernize US defense capabilities and integrate AI-driven systems into ground operations, reflecting a wider push toward unmanned technology across the armed forces.

Analysts in the autonomous vehicle industry are examining what it would take to expand robotaxi services from roughly 14 cities today to 15,000. The discussion centers on the hardware, regulatory approvals, capital and operational capacity required to grow driverless ride-hailing at large scale.

Speculation is growing that Tesla may be preparing to launch an unsupervised version of its Full Self-Driving system, removing the need for a driver to monitor the car. The topic was raised alongside conversations with Ara, Tesla's Grok-powered AI assistant, which can interact with vehicle systems. Observers are weighing how close Tesla actually is to true driverless operation.

Ukraine says it has airdropped ground robots behind Russian lines as part of operations credited with inflicting thousands of casualties — around 3,000 Russian troops, according to the claim — described by officials as a 'historic moment'. The deployment marks a rare use of unmanned ground vehicles delivered by air to strike at rear positions, adding a new dimension to drone warfare on the battlefield.