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Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

California judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-Parker

The Guardian - US · Sep 18

AI Is Doing More Of The Work Behind New AI Models. Anthropic Says These 3 Metrics Can Track The Shift.

The company disclosed new data on automation, agent oversight and safety spending days after CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development.

International Business Times · Sep 18

What If We're Thinking About EV Charging All Wrong?

On this week's Plugged-In Podcast, we talk curbside charging, the Tesla Roadster 2.0, the Mercedes GLC, and Ford Fathom.

InsideEVs · Sep 18

Hackers Used Anthropic's Claude to Break Into OpenAI. They Reached the ChatGPT Maker's Private Code.

The attack, was conducted by researchers at cybersecurity firm Hacktron AI as part of security testing.

International Business Times · Sep 18

Netherlands Emerges as a Top Destination for Global Tech Hiring

Tech firms rarely open a new hiring market for the novelty of it. They go where local talent shortages push them to look.

International Business Times · Sep 18

Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab, or place for physical experiments, in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said. Anthropic has said it wants to unlock treatments for rare diseases, and its biology…

The Economic Times · Sep 18

'Can't Be Done By One Company': Factorial Is Rallying A Team To Build Solid-State Batteries

Instead of going solo, Factorial is bringing specialized battery companies together for solid-state tech.

InsideEVs · Sep 18

Could AI pose a serious threat to our existence?

Letters: Readers respond to the warning from a former Anthropic researcher that the technology could ‘kill us all’ by the end of the decade

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

The tracks of my tears: my wife doesn’t care about my location

Brief letters: Tracking apps | Weather forecasts | Parthenon puddles | Tautologies

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

Amazon says AI needs ‘strong safeguards’ in place before being released

Calls for guardrails come amid warnings about the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence

The Independent UK · Sep 18