OpenAI nixes team focused on risk of AI causing ‘human extinction’
OpenAI eliminated a team focused on the risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence less than a year after it was formed – and a departing executive warned Friday that safety…
General Motors recalls 820K pickup trucks over tailgate safety issue
General Motors is recalling nearly 820,000 pickup trucks over a faulty electronic latch mechanism used to open the trucks’ tailgates, increasing the risk of road hazards and crashes. Detroit-based GM…
Toyota subsidiary shuts down production after decades of safety test ‘irregularities’
A Japanese car manufacturer has temporarily shut down production after admitting to decades of fraudulent safety test results. “We recognize the extreme gravity of these irregularities, their causes, and the…
San Francisco robotaxi expansion approval faces heavy opposition
In an aerial view, Waymo autonomous vehicles sit parked in a staging area on June 08, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and…
Miscommunication between pilots caused United plane to drop near Pacific Ocean: investigation
Federal investigators said Thursday that miscommunication between pilots led to a United Airlines jet diving within 748 feet (228 meters) of the ocean’s surface shortly after takeoff from Hawaii in…
Doomed sub CEO said it was ‘safer than crossing the street’
A Las Vegas billionaire has revealed OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush tried to sell him cut-price tickets for the doomed Titanic dive — telling him it would be even safer than…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai warns society to brace for AI acceleration
Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted Sunday that society will need to prepare for rapid advancements in artificial intelligence that are poised to unsettle the job market and exacerbate safety concerns.…
Social media provides oldsters extra controls
As considerations about social media’s destructive results on teenagers proceed to upward push, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new options they are saying will make…