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With Situational Awareness AI deal, Citadel’s Griffin rides to the rescue again Source link
A Zoox robotaxi in San Francisco, California, Nov. 19, 2025.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAmazon-owned Zoox on Thursday received a temporary exemption from U.S. regulators, paving the way for the company to start offering paid robotaxi rides.The exemption from some National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rules allows Zoox to deploy up to 2,500 vehicles annually for two years, “subject to an enhanced, adaptable oversight structure that can evolve as Zoox’s technology advances,” the agency said in a release. Zoox CEO Aicha Evans said in a statement that the move represents an “important milestone” for the company and the broader autonomous vehicle,…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial, writing in a court filing that damage to the pool’s sealant was the result of a “flawed installation.”Pirro, in a court filing in D.C. Superior Court, said her office received information and evidence after the charges were filed that “significantly undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment.”Hearn had been charged with felony destruction of property in early July, with Pirro saying at a press conference that he “violently” ripped up part of…
Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles Source link
Like a ghost To test the tool, they had convenient examples: the Neanderthal and Denisovan sequences we’ve already identified in the human genome. If TRACE couldn’t pick those out, it wouldn’t find anything else useful. The development of ancestral recombination graphs is still a work in progress, so the researchers used two different tools to generate them and stuck with the one that produced the best results. The combination produced a very low false discovery rate (less than a quarter of a percent) while having an accuracy of over 90 percent. In another demonstration, the researchers performed the analysis on…
The BBC’s David Wallace Lockhart asks if Scotland’s largest city should have its own elected mayor. Source link
FIFA has scrapped $20 billion World Cup sell-off plan, New York Post reports Source link
Some of America’s biggest technology companies are pushing Washington to make open artificial intelligence a national priority as China continues to build its lead in the space.Their message exposes a gap in U.S. policy: America has a chip strategy for AI. Now it needs an open-model strategy.Supporters say open models can lower costs, keep sensitive data inside a company’s own systems and prevent businesses from becoming dependent on a handful of AI providers. The models can also give more researchers and security teams the ability to inspect powerful models and find weaknesses. Unlike ChatGPT or Claude, which customers access through…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing in Air Force One on July 19, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday appealed a federal judge’s blistering order finding he filed a bad-faith $10 billion lawsuit in order to reach an advantageous settlement.The notice of appeal in U.S. District Court in Miami was made public hours after Trump vented frustration that the $1.776 billion “lawfare” fund created as part of that settlement has been scrapped.”They’ve agreed to not have a fund. But there are a lot of people that are very upset…
George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, on April 25, 2025.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered George Santos to pay $35,000 after the agency found the former Republican congressman traded on who would attend this year’s State of the Union and whether he would attend, too. The CFTC announced on Friday that Santos is banned from trading for three years and will pay a civil monetary penalty of $17,500. He must also give up…