Tech News Digest: Meta's Muse Spark, MIT's Privacy AI & Critical GitHub Flaws
Tech News Digest: April 30, 2026 Privacy-Preserving AI: MIT Accelerates Federated Learning for Edge Devices Researchers at MIT have developed a breakthrough method that accelerates privacy-preserving artificial intelligence (AI) training by approximately 81 percent. This major advancement optimizes federated learning, a decentralized machine learning technique where a network of connected edge devices collaboratively trains a shared AI model while keeping sensitive user data completely secure on local hardware. Sources: MIT News Heavy-Duty Autonomous Vehicles: California DMV Approves Driverless Truck Testing The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has officially adopted new regulations permitting the testing and commercial deployment of heavy-duty autonomous vehicles on state public roads. These updated autonomous driving rules lift a long-standing ban, finally allowing the operation of driverless trucks and commercial vehicles weighing over 10,001 pounds. ...