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Industrial Robot Crushes Man To Death
Rise of the machines? Factory worker at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea killed by industrial robot
GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident
AI Safety Summit 2023: Musk Tells PM AI Will End Work
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk sit down for a conversation in London as AI Safety Summit concludes
AI Safety Summit 2023: UK To Invest £225m For AI Supercomputer
UK government says it will invest £225m ($273m) for AI supercomputer as it seeks to bolster its AI credentials with US and China
AI Safety Summit 2023: UK, US, China, EU Sign Declaration Of AI’s Danger
Bletchley Declaration sees major nations all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potential catastrophic risk to humanity
Tesla Wins US Trial Of Autopilot Fatal Crash
Victory for Tesla in first US trial that alleged its Autopilot driver system had resulted in fatal accident, and other serious injuries
AI Safety Summit 2023: Who Is Attending Summit At Bletchley Park?
World's first AI summit begins at Bletchley Park, with PM Rishi Sunak, US Vice-President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk among those attending
PM Rishi Sunak Outlines AI Risks, Cautions Against Rush To Regulation
Artificial intelligence will transform lives says PM, but getting it wrong could make it easier to build chemical or biological weapons
Cruise Confirms Taxi Service Suspension In San Francisco
California Department of Motor Vehicles immediately suspends Cruise’s autonomous vehicles permits, after pedestrian is critically injured
Amazon Trials Humanoid Robot, Prompting Job Fears
Experiment to automate a couple of Amazon warehouse in the US via the use of robots, has prompted job loss concerns
Five Eyes Intelligence Heads Warn Of Chinese Cyber Espionage
Heads of Five Eyes intelligence agencies come together to accuse China of intellectual property theft and using AI for hacking
California Signs Law Requiring Firms To Report Carbon Emissions
Companies like Apple, Meta, Google will be forced to disclose their carbon emissions after new law signed in California
US Government Issues First-Ever Space Debris Penalty
US FCC slaps Dish Network with first-ever space debris fine, after 20 year-old satellite fails to reach agreed 'disposal orbit'
Neuralink To Begin Brain Implant Trial On Paralysed Patients
Elon Musk brain-implant startup, Neuralink, gains approval to begin human trials on people dealing with paralysis
Engineers Create Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery
Australian boffins develop 'proton battery' that allegedly removes the environmental challenges posed by toxic lithium-ion batteries
Tesla Faces Federal Probes Over Elon Musk Glass House – Report
People living in glass houses? Two federal investigations over Tesla allegedly building Elon Musk large glass house in Texas
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Lands Successfully On Moon
Exclusive club. India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first space mission to land near the south pole of the Moon
Russia’s First Moon Mission In Decades Ends In Failure
Russia's first Moon mission since 1976 ends in failure as spacecraft spins out of control and crashes into lunar surface
Vietnam’s VinFast Car Maker Overtakes GM, Ford After IPO
Shares in VinFast surge 270 percent after IPO, valuing Vietnam’s car manufacturer ahead of Ford and General Motors
San Francisco Grants Self-Driving Taxi Permits For Waymo, Cruise
Blow for Uber, Lyft. Self-driving players Waymo and Cruise can now take paying passengers 24x7 in San Francisco
US Scientists Repeat Fusion Ignition Breakthrough
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for a second time, repeats milestone fusion experiment that produces more energy than it consumes
Amazon Loses Two Key Drone Delivery Executives – Report
Two key executives in Amazon's drone delivery operation have reportedly left, in another setback for delivery venture
Russia To Launch First Moon Mission Since 1976
Russia set to launch first lunar lander mission since 1976 this week as it targets south pole water exploration
Virgin Galactic To Transport First Mother, Daughter Into Space
Mother and daughter from Caribbean set to travel into space aboard second Virgin Galactic commercial flight
Lawsuit By Tesla Owners Allege False Range Claims
Three Tesla owners in California launch proposed class action lawsuit against Elon Musk EV venture, alleging false range claims
‘Room-Temperature Superconductor Claim Triggers Investigation
South Korean researchers grab attention after breakthrough claim of a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor
Still No Death Star In Sight
Paul Kostek, IEEE senior member and advisory system engineer at Air Direct Solutions, argues humanity still has a way to go to match Star Wars
Tesla Investigated Over Steering Problems
New federal investigation by US safety regulator over loss of steering control in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles
Amazon Clinic Rolls Out Across US, As Healthcare Push Continues
Amazon's virtual doctor's surgery, known as Amazon Clinic, is now available in all 50 US states, as well as Washington DC