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OpenAI supports an Illinois bill protecting AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms,” such as more than 100 deaths or more than $1 billion in damages, if safety reports were released (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 10, 2026

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OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, stronger safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 6, 2026

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a…

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Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin is significantly behind Waymo, deploying about 30 cars with safety drivers, compared to Waymo’s 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “A Ugly Citizen”, with Quinn Nelson The director’s commentary track for Daring…

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Tesla shares closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it was testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Evan Spiegel is building the future of computing Grit explores what it takes to create, build…

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Uber begins rolling out fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the United Arab Emirates in December 2024 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 26, 2025

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Roblox, accusing the company of "blatantly ignoring" safety laws and qualifying it as "fertile ground for predators" (Osmond Chia/BBC)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Osmond Chia / BBC: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Roblox, accusing the company of “blatantly ignoring” security laws…

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OpenAI releases plan the company hopes lawmakers will use to develop safety standards for teens using AI, with five suggestions for AI companies (Ashley Gold/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 6, 2025

Featured Podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education A show from The Verge…

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Sources: New Jersey AG investigates frequency of sexual violence during Uber rides and whether Uber misrepresented the safety of its service (Emily Steel/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 7, 2025

Emily Steel / New York Times: Sources: New Jersey AG investigating frequency of sexual violence during Uber rides and whether…

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China says that Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K + SU7 EV to solve the safety problems of assisted driving, its second correction linked to the recall since the launch of 2024 (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 19, 2025

Reuters:: China says that Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K + SU7 EVS to solve the safety problems…

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Lyft joins the mobility of May May, based in Ann Arbor, to let the runners in Atlanta ask for an autonomous mini-duties, with a safety driver, first in an area of seven square miles (Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 10, 2025

Andrew J. Hawkins / The penis:: Lyft joins the mobility of May May, based in Ann Arbor- May Mobility vehicles…

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex – Radio Free Asia

Solomon Islands political crisis won’t ‘fundamentally change’ relations with Beijing – Radio Free Asia

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

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US airlines are raising prices – and travelers are still booking

FCC launches review of Disney broadcast licenses

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Governors have a plan to protect Trump’s midterm elections

AOC Masterfully Surprises Trump’s EPA Administrator in Life-and-Death Lie to Congress

Bernie Sanders Slams Trump for Failing to Protect Children from Violence, Discrimination in Schools

Tired Hakeem Jeffries Calls Karoline Leavitt a Disgrace and a Cold Liar

Melania Trump slides down and tries to get Jimmy Kimmel fired

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on why AWS will be a better OpenAI partner than Microsoft, chip bubble fears, Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)

New York-based Actively, which offers AI sales agents for account management, raised a $45 million Series B co-led by TCV and First Harmonic at a valuation of $250 million (Sofia Chierchio/Forbes)

A US judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial based on what SBF called new evidence; SBF tried to withdraw its request, but the judge refused (Bob Van Voris/Bloomberg)

Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open multimodal model with hybrid 30B-A3B MoE architecture; the Nemotron 3 family has seen more than 50 million downloads in the past year (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

Browsing: safety

OpenAI supports an Illinois bill protecting AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms,” such as more than 100 deaths or more than $1 billion in damages, if safety reports were released (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, stronger safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin is significantly behind Waymo, deploying about 30 cars with safety drivers, compared to Waymo’s 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

Tesla shares closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it was testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Uber begins rolling out fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the United Arab Emirates in December 2024 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Roblox, accusing the company of "blatantly ignoring" safety laws and qualifying it as "fertile ground for predators" (Osmond Chia/BBC)

OpenAI releases plan the company hopes lawmakers will use to develop safety standards for teens using AI, with five suggestions for AI companies (Ashley Gold/Axios)

Sources: New Jersey AG investigates frequency of sexual violence during Uber rides and whether Uber misrepresented the safety of its service (Emily Steel/New York Times)

China says that Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K + SU7 EV to solve the safety problems of assisted driving, its second correction linked to the recall since the launch of 2024 (Reuters)

Lyft joins the mobility of May May, based in Ann Arbor, to let the runners in Atlanta ask for an autonomous mini-duties, with a safety driver, first in an area of seven square miles (Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge)