General Motors has shut down its Cruise robotaxi business after investing over $10 billion since 2016. Once seen as a potential $50 billion revenue driver, Cruise faced high costs, regulatory setbacks, and increasing competition from Waymo.

For years, General Motors CEO and Chair Mary Barra has promised a new future for the company, away from a stodgy metal-bending automaker into a tech-driven, forward-thinking company poised for growth.

General Motors is officially ending its support for Crusie’s beleaguered fleet of self-driving “robotaxis.” In a surprise announcement this week, the US carmaker said it will “realign its autonomous driving strategy” to end robotaxis and instead focus on eventually creating an autonomous personal vehicle.

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re looking at GM’s decision to pull out of the robotaxi business, Google alluding to the existence of multiple universes, and how you can make some serious cash by getting an AI bot to fall in love with you.

The automaker plans to merge the division with its Super Cruise team to advance its self-driving feature for personal vehicles