Welcome to Tech News Briefing, it's Monday, October 30th.

I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

Self-driving car company Cruz is hitting the brakes.

The General Motors Unit is suspending all of its driverless operations in the US after

California regulators said its vehicles were unsafe in public.

Our reporter, Ryan Felton, is going to tell us what it means for the future of driverless

cars.

Plus, should businesses get insurance plans for their artificial intelligence?

Some insurance companies see an opportunity in the risks created by Generative AI.

But we're starting with the criminal trial of Sam Bankman Fried.

The FTX founder took the stand in his own defense last week, where he countered claims made

by his inner circle during their testimony.

Our reporter, Caitlin Austroff, was in the courtroom.

He said that he did not steal customer funds, and he started to kind of lay the groundwork

of doubt with some of the testimony that his inner circle has previously given in this

trial.

And so he said that there were aspects of their testimony that did not happen, that he

didn't direct the use of customer funds for other activities.

And so, largely, that was expected, but this is, again, the direct questioning from

Bankman Fried's own lawyers, and we'll see what happens when cross-examination starts.

That cross-examination is expected to begin this week, after Bankman Fried's lawyers finished

their questioning.

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