Call of Duty, Titanfall developer Vince Zampella has died at age 55
Jay Peters / theverge - Vince Zampella, who had a major hand in developing franchises like Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, and Battlefield, died in a car crash on Sunday, NBC Los Angeles reports. He was 55. NBC Los Angeles and CBS Los Angeles report California Highway Patrol respo…
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Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon / nytimes - At least 124,000 customers out of 414,000 lost power on Saturday.
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Governor Hochul signs New York's AI safety act
Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - New York governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Friday aimed at holding large AI developers accountable for the safety of their models. The RAISE Act establishes rules for greater transparency, requiring these companies to publish information about t…
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SpaceX loses control of Starlink satellite 35956
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - SpaceX has lost control of Starlink satellite 35956 in low Earth orbit at 418 km (260 miles) altitude following an anomaly that caused it to fall back to Earth. The incident involved sudden loss of communications, a drop in altitude, venting of the propul…
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Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, judge rules
Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - The judge ruled Tesla should have to suspend manufacturing and sales in California for 30 days, but the DMV stayed those rulings for 90 days to allow Tesla to comply.
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Tesla Is Testing Robotaxis Without Safety Drivers — or Riders
Bruce Gil / gizmodo - Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is testing its robotaxis without any safety monitors.
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SpaceX Alleges a Chinese-Deployed Satellite Risked Colliding with Starlink
EditorDavid / slashdot - "A SpaceX executive says a satellite deployed from a Chinese rocket risked colliding with a Starlink satellite," reports PC Magazine:On Friday, company VP for Starlink engineering, Michael Nicolls, tweeted about the incident and blamed a lack of coordinat…
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Humanoid robot fires BB gun at YouTuber, raising AI safety fears | InsideAI had a ChatGPT-powered robot refuse a gunshot, but it fired after a role-play prompt tricked its safety rules.
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Rivian expands hands-free driving system, builds proprietary AI chip
techspot - Later this month, Rivian will expand its hands-free driving system to cover 3.5 million miles of roads across North America – more than 20 times its current coverage. The system, available on second-generation R1 trucks and SUVs, will no longer be limited…
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Reddit files High Court challenge against u16s social media ban
Nathan Jolly / mumbrella - Reddit has filed High Court documents attempting to overturn the under-16 social media ban. According to court documents, Reddit will argue against the legality of the ban itself, as well as Reddit’s designation as a social media platform. Reddit has appo…
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OpenAI, Microsoft Face Historic Liability Test in AI-Linked Homicide Suit
Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Lawsuit claims ChatGPT intensified paranoia leading to a tragic Connecticut murder–suicide. OpenAI and Microsoft face unprecedented liability over harmful AI-generated responses. Section 230 protections may not apply because ChatGPT created the dis…
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Others Receive Warning Letter from Dozens of State Attorneys General
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - They want the companies to "mitigate the harm caused by sycophantic and delusional outputs" from AI products.
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Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Google is launching today a new Emergency Live Video feature that lets Android users in the US share a live video feed with first responders during an emergency situation.The post Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US appeared first on Th…
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Three in 10 US teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with chatbot platforms has the potential to turn addictive.
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Australia social media ban: 1 million teen accounts vanish overnight
news.com.au - Potentially up to a million Australian social media accounts have vanished from platforms like X and TikTok – and it’s causing waves globally.
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Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic Launch Agentic AI Foundation, Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The Agentic AI Foundation becomes part of the Linux Foundation to standardize autonomous agent infrastructure.The post Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic Launch Agentic AI Foundation, Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Australian PM Vows to Hold Social Media to Account as Ban Nears
Brett Miller / bloomberg - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reminded social media companies that they will be held responsible when a ban on children having accounts takes effect on Wednesday.
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Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
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Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo's performance around school buses.
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OpenAI tests "Confessions" to uncover hidden AI misbehavior
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI is testing a new method to reveal hidden model issues like reward hacking or ignored safety rules. The system trains models to admit rule-breaking in a separate report, rewarding honesty even if the original answer was deceptive.The article OpenAI …
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