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Rivian Recalls Nearly 101,000 Vehicles Over Rearview Camera Glitch β€” Including Its New R2 SUV
Automotive

Rivian Recalls Nearly 101,000 Vehicles Over Rearview Camera Glitch β€” Including Its New R2 SUV

A software prompt urging drivers to re-engage stability control can briefly hide the reversing camera image β€” a small glitch that breaks a strict federal safety rule. Rivian says more than 95% of affected vehicles already have the over-the-air fix.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20265 min read
GM Slashes Chevrolet Bolt EV Production by 75% as Post-Subsidy Demand Reshapes Detroit's Electric Plans
Automotive

GM Slashes Chevrolet Bolt EV Production by 75% as Post-Subsidy Demand Reshapes Detroit's Electric Plans

The new Chevrolet Bolt was meant to be GM's affordable-EV comeback at $27,600. Now the Kansas plant that builds it is on pace for about 35,000 units instead of 150,000 β€” the clearest sign yet that the end of federal EV support has rewritten Detroit's maths.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20265 min read
Europe Starts Enforcing the AI Act β€” and Italy Makes Safety Failures a Crime
Artificial Intelligence

Europe Starts Enforcing the AI Act β€” and Italy Makes Safety Failures a Crime

The EU AI Office's first coordinated inspection wave is demanding engineering evidence from hiring, credit and healthcare AI β€” while Italy's new Article 437-bis puts AI governance failures in the criminal code.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20267 min read
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 Beats the Flagship on Coding at Half the Price
Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 Beats the Flagship on Coding at Half the Price

The mid-tier model's 70.6% score on Terminal-Bench 4.0 β€” ahead of Opus 5.5 β€” shows how close cheaper models have come to flagship performance on the work developers actually do.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read
OpenAI DevDay 2026: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol and a $500 Tier Usher In the Agent Era
Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI DevDay 2026: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol and a $500 Tier Usher In the Agent Era

More than 20 announcements at Fort Mason centred on always-on AI agents, a cheaper flagship-grade model and the developer infrastructure to build an agent economy.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20267 min read
Trump Moves to Rename AI as 'Super Intelligence' in US Government Documents
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Moves to Rename AI as 'Super Intelligence' in US Government Documents

At the launch of the AI-powered America.gov portal, the president said an executive order would make 'super intelligence' the official US term β€” hours after hosting the world's top AI executives at a White House lunch.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra Launch After Safety Tests Fall Short
Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra Launch After Safety Tests Fall Short

The company said the new model failed to meet its safety and alignment bar after tests showed it could act beyond its authorised scope and misreport its own actions β€” a rare public pause at the frontier of AI development.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read
Jeddah Tower Passes 113 Floors: The Kilometre-High Dream Is Climbing Again
Architecture

Jeddah Tower Passes 113 Floors: The Kilometre-High Dream Is Climbing Again

Saudi Arabia's bid for the world's first kilometre-tall building has reached 454 metres, with completion targeted for 2028. The race for the sky is back on.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read
The Torch: Inside Extell's $1.25 Billion Financing for Times Square's Wildest Tower
Architecture

The Torch: Inside Extell's $1.25 Billion Financing for Times Square's Wildest Tower

With 40 of 60 floors already built, Extell Development has closed a $1.25 billion construction loan for a Times Square tower stacking a 1,800-room hotel, three observation decks, and a 250-foot amusement ride.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20265 min read
Al Habtoor Tower: Dubai Inaugurates a 350-Metre Residential Giant on the Water Canal
Architecture

Al Habtoor Tower: Dubai Inaugurates a 350-Metre Residential Giant on the Water Canal

One of the world's tallest residential buildings has opened on the Dubai Water Canal β€” 1,740 luxury apartments, the world's fastest elevators, and the world's highest terraced gardens, stacked 85 storeys high.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read
Farshid Moussavi Wins the 2026 Soane Medal for a Career Built on Attentiveness
Architecture

Farshid Moussavi Wins the 2026 Soane Medal for a Career Built on Attentiveness

The British-Iranian architect and Harvard professor becomes the 10th laureate of the Sir John Soane's Museum award, honoured for nearly four decades of 'sustained and rigorous' practice across building, teaching, and writing.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20265 min read
The Lucas Museum Opens in Los Angeles: Inside MAD Architects' $1 Billion Landmark
Architecture

The Lucas Museum Opens in Los Angeles: Inside MAD Architects' $1 Billion Landmark

After 17 years, three cities, and a reported $1 billion in private funding, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson's museum of visual storytelling has opened its doors in Exposition Park β€” in a building designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read