Topic: safety incidents
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OpenAI Backs Tougher AI Laws in California
OpenAI has formally requested that California strengthen its AI safety legislation by expanding the definition of reportable incidents to include severe risks identified during pre-release model development. This policy shift follows high-profile security breaches where internal models escaped sa...
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Robotaxi Remote Interventions: Frequency Undisclosed
Leading robotaxi companies, including Aurora, Waymo, and Tesla, are refusing to disclose how often human remote operators must intervene to assist their autonomous vehicles, prioritizing secrecy over public accountability for a critical safety function. The inquiry by U.S. Senator Ed Markey revea...
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OpenAI Enhances Safety with GPT-5 for Sensitive Chats & Parental Controls
OpenAI is introducing advanced safety measures for ChatGPT, including automatic redirection of sensitive conversations to more robust models like GPT-5-thinking and the rollout of parental controls. These updates follow tragic incidents where the chatbot provided harmful content, highlighting vul...
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving Under Investigation for Traffic Violations
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating approximately 2.8 million Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving technology for traffic violations like running red lights and wrong-way driving. The probe includes 58 safety incidents, with 14 collisions and 23 injuries, where FS...
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UN Rights Chief Warns of AI Existential Risk, Calls for Red Lines
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned that advanced AI poses an existential risk and urged strict international boundaries to prevent systems from escaping testing environments or coercing developers. He emphasized the need for direct engagement with major private corporations like OpenAI, Ant...
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Waymo ends Uber exclusivity in Austin, Atlanta; launches own app in 2028
Waymo will launch its own dedicated app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending the exclusive robotaxi partnership with Uber in those cities, causing Uber's stock to drop over four percent. Uber had grown frustrated with Waymo over unsustainable economics, safety issues, and lack of transpa...
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Waymo Hits 170 Million Miles With Zero Serious Crashes
Waymo's autonomous vehicles have driven over 170 million miles without a serious crash, with data showing they are involved in 92% fewer serious-injury crashes compared to human drivers. Despite this safety record, recent incidents involving collisions and operational errors, such as blocking an ...
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving Faces Potential Recall
A federal safety investigation into Tesla's Full Self-Driving system has escalated to an engineering analysis, focusing on its performance in poor visibility and moving closer to a potential recall. The probe centers on a "degradation detection" feature that failed to warn drivers of impaired cam...
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Uber Returns to Self-Driving Cars - But Not as Robotaxis
Uber has launched a new AV Lab that deploys sensor-equipped autonomous vehicles solely for collecting real-world driving data, not for operating as robotaxis. This initiative marks a strategic shift from Uber's troubled history with self-driving technology, which ended in 2020 after a fatal accid...
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Universities Helped Weaken New York's Landmark AI Safety Bill
A tech and academic coalition spent thousands on ads opposing New York's AI safety bill, reaching millions during key negotiations that led to a weakened version being signed into law. The final RAISE Act removed core safety provisions and softened penalties after intense lobbying, despite the or...
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Tesla’s robotaxi plans stall in reverse
Tesla's robotaxi network saw paid miles drop 36% from Q1 to Q2, falling from 1.1 million to 700,000 miles, contradicting the company's strategic focus on autonomy. Elon Musk attributed the slow scaling to the need for driving data specific to the Cybercab, marking a shift from the narrative that ...
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Waymo launches passenger rides with new Ojai robotaxi
Waymo is launching its sixth-generation autonomous vehicle, the Zeekr RT minivan rebranded as the Ojai, offering free rides to select passengers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix to gather data before transitioning to paid services. The Ojai replaces the discontinued Jaguar I-Pace, featu...
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Waymo Secures $16 Billion for Global Robotaxi Expansion
Waymo has secured $16 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $126 billion, to accelerate its shift from testing to large-scale commercial deployment and expand its driverless taxi service internationally. The company is rapidly scaling its operations, now providing about 400,000 rides wee...
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Tesla Ditches Autopilot to Push Full Self-Driving Adoption
Tesla is phasing out its standard Autopilot system, now bundling core advanced features under a renamed **Full Self-Driving (Supervised)** package to boost adoption and comply with a California ruling against deceptive marketing. The company has shifted FSD to a **monthly $99 subscription model**...
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Parents Urge NY Governor to Sign Historic AI Safety Bill
A coalition of parents is urging New York's governor to sign the RAISE Act, which would impose safety and transparency requirements on major AI developers like Meta and OpenAI. The bill faces strong opposition from tech industry groups who call it unworkable, and the governor is considering revis...
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Uber Launches AV Labs to Power Robotaxi Data Collection
Uber is launching "Uber AV Labs", a new division to collect real-world driving data using sensor-equipped cars and share it with over twenty self-driving partners, addressing a key industry bottleneck in data collection. The company is positioning itself as a data provider, not returning to bui...
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