Alex Ossola

But at the pump, U.S.

drivers are paying more.

A gallon of regular gas rose today to $4.39 on average.

That's up 33 cents from a week ago and is the highest price in almost four years.

In tech, the Defense Department has struck deals with eight technology companies to use their AI capabilities in classified settings.

Those companies include OpenAI, Google, SpaceX, Microsoft, and Amazon.

The deals show that Anthropic, which makes the Claude models, may be an outlier in Silicon Valley for not agreeing to the Pentagon's terms.

And on American roads, there's been nearly a decade of cycles of hype and disappointment for the dream of self-driving taxis.

Now they're a reality, at least in some American cities.

Journal reporter Sean McClain told our Tech News Briefing podcast how the robo-taxi rollout is going.

Sean says the robotaxi industry is currently a one-horse race, with Alphabet's Waymo in the lead.

But industry watchers are waiting to see if other players, like Tesla, can catch up.

To hear more from Sean, listen to Tuesday's episode of Tech News Briefing next week.

And that's What's News for this week.

Tomorrow, you can look out for our weekly markets wrap-up, What's News in Markets.

Then on Sunday, we'll be heading to Ohio to dig into the effect of tariffs on the economy and voters' decisions ahead of primary elections there.

That's in What's News Sunday.

And we'll be back with our regular show on Monday morning.

Today's show is produced by Danny Lewis and Anthony Bansi with supervising producer Tali Arbel.

Michael LaValle wrote our theme music.