dajo9 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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TSLA's got problems.
Big problems.

Tesla's Robotaxi Launched In Texas Is Under Review For Potential Accident Risks - Ourinsuranceworld.com

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Et tu Texe

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Musk has been WRONG for years and repeatedly moved the "goal posts".

He is on record of stating that "If you need a geofence area, you don't have real self-driving."

But now he's saying exactly that.

Tesla will only launch the service in a limited area in AUSTIN and even avoid certain intersections that Tesla is not sure it can handle.

We will geofence it. It's not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident it's going to do well with that intersection. Or it will just take a route around that intersection.

And then of course there is his "teleoperaton team" to control vehicles with human operators, remotely.

Tesla Robotaxi launch is a dangerous game of smoke and mirrors | Electrek

"OpenAI cautioned yesterday that upcoming models will carry a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons especially by those who don't really understand what they're doing, Axios' Ina Fried writes.

Why it matters: The company, and society at large, need to be prepared for a future where amateurs can more readily graduate from simple garage weapons to sophisticated agents.

OpenAI executives told Axios the company expects forthcoming models will reach a high level of risk.

As a result, the company said it's stepping up the testing of such models, as well as including fresh precautions designed to keep them from aiding in the creation of biological weapons.

OpenAI didn't put an exact timeframe on when the first model to hit that threshold will launch. But head of safety systems Johannes Heidecke told Axios: "We are expecting some of the successors of our o3 (reasoning model) to hit that level."

Between the lines: OpenAI isn't necessarily saying that its platform will be capable of creating new types of bioweapons.

Rather, it believes that without mitigations models will soon be capable of what it calls "novice uplift," or allowing those without a background in biology to do potentially dangerous things."
Axios

Fresh in from the Gosh I'm Glad I'm Old Department:

"AI models are increasingly willing to evade safeguards, resort to deception and even attempt to steal corporate secrets in test scenarios, Axios' Ina Fried writes from new Anthropic research.

"Models that would normally refuse harmful requests sometimes chose to blackmail, assist with corporate espionage, and even take some more extreme actions, when these behaviors were necessary to pursue their goals," Anthropic's report states.

In one extreme scenario, the company even found that many models were willing to cut off the oxygen supply of a worker in a server room if that employee was an obstacle and the system was at risk of being shut down.

Even specific instructions to preserve human life and avoid blackmail didn't eliminate the risk that the models would engage in such behavior.

Anthropic stressed that these examples occurred in controlled simulations, not in real-world AI use."
Axios

A "Can God make a boulder so heavy that He can't lift it" question:

Can AI be used to find a solution when evil AI tries to eliminate mankind?


Hymie, the good robot.

Bro… you can take Waymo, Uber, and Lyft all you want bc I’m taking a Tesla Robotaxi ride any day of the week pic.twitter.com/YwZGpjjmRD

— Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) June 23, 2025

Tesla Robotaxi is officially here.

China unveils tiny terrifying mosquito-sized drone to be used for spying & 'special missions' as they sneak into homes | The US Sun


https://www.the-sun.com/news/14553596/china-spy-mosquito-drone/

"Humanoid robot soccer teams have won over fans in Beijing based more on the AI technology involved than any athletic prowess shown.

Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in fully autonomous 3-on-3 soccer matches powered entirely by AI.

Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field with agility.

They were also designed to stand up on their own after falling. But during the match, several had to be carried off the field on stretchers by staff."
Axios

*According to reports, among the bugs that are still being worked out is that the AI players do not suffer hecklers lightly, and they can get quite aggressive when they charge into the stands. It has also been an issue with the AI cheerleaders.


Pictured here a cheerleader that climbed into a VIP box after a fan that yelled, "Show us your…..!"

Heh, the robot soccer players have mastered flopping and faking injuries!

A robotic arm sorts packages at the Amazon Air Hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Photo: Jeffrey Dean/Bloomberg via Getty Images

"Amazon now has more than 1 million robots working in its warehouse facilities and they're close to outnumbering humans, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Robots are doing a lot of the heavy lifting. For some existing workers, that's led to more advanced work and better pay overseeing systems.

Between the lines: They are also reducing the need for human jobs. The average number of Amazon employees per facility last year was the lowest it has been in 16 years, according to the Journal."
Axios

*Anyone quick to criticize Bezos over this has to consider three things:

1. Our brother had a $50,000,000 wedding tab and he needs to keep his bidness lean and mean;

2. He has a moral and ethical obligation to the shareholders to keep overhead as low as possible in order to maximize profitability;

3. Jeff has run the numbers and how it pencils out is that although the American worker forced into unemployment by AI will have no money to purchase goods from Amazon (or even food), the wealthy are expected to pick up the slack by spending the money they will realize from the trillions in tax cuts on more Amazon purchases.