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Waymo appears to pause San Francisco service amidst power outage

Waymo appears to pause San Francisco service amidst power outage

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Waymo said it’s making “temporary adjustments” to its robotaxi service in San Francisco amidst a power outage that appears to have affected around 7,000 PG&E customers in the city. According to a screenshot posted on social media, Waymo is telling SF customers that service is “temporarily paused” and that “freeway routes are unavailable.” When TechCrunch reached out to the Alphabet-owned company for comment, a spokesperson said in a statement, “We are making temporary adjustments to our service while we monitor local conditions. We know riders depend on us, and we will return to normal operations as soon as possible.” This isn’t the first time power outages have caused issues for Waymo. A number of Waymo vehicles stalled on city streets during a blackout in December, and a similar incident paralyzed traffic during a Golden Gate Bridge fireworks show on the Fourth of July. As a result, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has called for tougher state regulations to “adequately address how autonomous vehicles operate during major incidents, planned or not.” Source link

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

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Apple and Google have been ordered to take down apps that can “nudify” or “undress” people and told that they must stop profiting from the harmful technology, according to cease-and-desist letters sent to the companies seen by WIRED. On Thursday, San Francisco city attorney David Chiu sent legal notices to Apple and Google demanding that they remove from their app stores 13 face-swapping apps, which allow users to create AI-generated nonconsensual nude images. The letters say the Silicon Valley giants should stop “aiding and abetting” the sale of explicit deepfake images and “sever” business relationships with the app developers. “Generating non-consensual intimate images is illegal, harmful, and completely unacceptable,” Chiu tells WIRED. The city attorney, whose office previously took legal action against 16 popular deepfake websites, says Apple and Google have likely “made millions of dollars in fees” from apps that offer nudification, and they should improve their moderation processes to stop them appearing in their stores in the first place. “These companies have responsibility to ensure that apps on their platforms do not facilitate …

San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco

San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco

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It turns out that even San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech, has his limits. Especially when that emerging tech creates a massive hours-long traffic jam that leaves thousands at a standstill. Mayor Lurie has asked state regulators to bolster rules for autonomous vehicles nearly two weeks after Waymo robotaxis became immobile in heavy July 4 traffic, ran out of power, and blocked key streets, further compounding the gridlock. The traffic jam, which trapped municipal shuttles, became a citywide problem that affected thousands of people. In his letter to the state Department of Transportation, which was viewed by TechCrunch, Lurie pointed to two events — a widespread power outage in December and the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks show on July 4 that attracted 100,000 spectators — both of which led to dozens of stranded Waymo vehicles and paralyzed traffic. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported on the letter. The events, he said in the letter, “demonstrated that California’s current regulatory framework does not adequately …

Beige Book: Economic Activity Picked Up In 11 Of 12 Districts; Only San Fran Flat As “Employers Invested In AI”

Beige Book: Economic Activity Picked Up In 11 Of 12 Districts; Only San Fran Flat As “Employers Invested In AI”

Published by Jenni Sidey

In a modest support of the Fed’s recent hawkish pivot, the latest Beige Book released today notes that economic activity across the US improved moderately, increasing at a slight to moderate pace in eleven of twelve Federal Reserve Districts in late May and June, while one District (San Francisco) reported no change. The pace of growth was ever so slightly better than that reported back in June when activity expanded in ten Districts, was flat in one, and down in one. Here are the big picture highlights: The Beige Book, which this month was prepared by the Chicago Fed, found that consumer spending edged up as higher prices, particularly for fuel, dampened sales in other categories. To that point, several Districts noted declines in spending on discretionary items or trading down to more affordable varieties. Tourism was up, with some Districts receiving a boost from World Cup visitors. Confirming that consumers are hunkering down and not splurging, auto dealers reported little change in sales, but spending on repairs grew as consumers held onto vehicles for …

A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

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Just after noon on a Saturday last month, a Skydio X10 quadcopter hovered about 200 feet over a San Francisco apartment complex, watching police chase a man hiding behind a parked car. The target of this manhunt lay down on the pavement, apparently unaware that he remained in full view of the flying eye overhead. The 5-pound drone had, in fact, already followed him across the city, zooming in on his black SUV’s license plate, keeping the vehicle locked at the center of its video frame until he pulled over. Now it watched the police as they closed in and surrounded him. As the officers approached, the man adjusted his hiding spot, moving to the other side of the parked car. At that moment, however, another Skydio drone zoomed in on his location, one of four Skydio quadcopters that had followed the man in just the prior hour. This one had been called away from a nearby McDonald’s, where it had been watching two people who’d exited the suspect’s car a few minutes earlier—and now …

Lethal shooting near World Cup fan zone an isolated incident, say San Jose police

Lethal shooting near World Cup fan zone an isolated incident, say San Jose police

Published by Sam Flores

SANTA JOSE, California, June 29 : A suspected drive-by shooting in San Jose, California, that killed one person and injured another near the Bay Area’s main site for World Cup watch parties was an isolated incident and not related to the tournament, police said on Monday. A man was shot outside a ramen restaurant and pronounced dead about a block away from the San Pedro Square fan zone late on Sunday, while a second adult male collapsed in the square where thousands of World Cup fans have gathered to watch matches, witnesses told Reuters. The second victim was in hospital in critical condition but expected to survive, police said. A San Jose Police Department spokesperson said on Monday the victims were San Jose residents who were travelling together by foot and a suspect approached them in a car and fled after the shooting. Police are investigating the case as homicide, and said the motive and circumstances were unclear. “I want to make clear that, although this was an isolated incident and unrelated to any World …

Aficionados de Paraguay y Turquía pusieron el ambiente en San Francisco

Aficionados de Paraguay y Turquía pusieron el ambiente en San Francisco

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IE 11 no es compatible. Para una experiencia óptima, visite nuestro sitio en otro navegador. SIGUIENTE Andrés Cubas destaca la reacción y el carácter de Paraguay 01:29 Matías Galarza: “Hoy fuimos Paraguay más que nunca” 01:40 Jorge Valdano: “A Estados Unidos ya me lo empiezo a tomar en serio” 06:24 Estados Unidos sigue sorprendiendo al mundo con su nivel y con su afición en el Mundial 05:55 ¡Expulsión histórica! Almirón ve la primera roja por la nueva regla 02:43 Vinicius gana su segundo premio Superior Player of the Match con Brasil 01:23 Casemiro tras victoria de Brasil: “Es la Copa del Mundo, no hay juegos fáciles” 01:50 ¡Brasil ya despertó! Golea a Haití y se mete de lleno en la pelea por el título del Mundial 2026 09:53 Ancelotti reconoce que Brasil debe mejorar para su próximo partido 01:20 Galarza madruga a Turquía con un golazo desde fuera del área 02:03 La calma de Ancelotti nunca se pierde durante los partidos de Brasil 10:29 La marea naranja invade las calles rumbo al partido de Países …

San Francisco Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI

San Francisco Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge dismissed a trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s xAI against OpenAI, ruling that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate the competing artificial intelligence company improperly obtained confidential information. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued the order Monday in San Francisco, dismissing the case with prejudice, resulting in xAI being unable to refile an amended version of the complaint based on the same arguments. Lin found that xAI did not make clear that OpenAI led former senior engineer Xuechen Li to reveal trade secrets or that OpenAI engineers had knowledge. The claims were based on Li’s departure from xAI and related discussions during his recruitment with OpenAI. The judge noted that requesting a job candidate’s prior work experience is standard practice during the recruitment phase and that one ⁠could not infer that that itself constituted an improper solicitation of confidential material. “To hold otherwise would potentially expose employers to liability any time they inquire about a candidate’s past work,” Lin wrote. The lawsuit, first brought …

San Francisco 49ers player’s final hours revealed before ‘sudden and tragic’ death at 36

San Francisco 49ers player’s final hours revealed before ‘sudden and tragic’ death at 36

Published by Daniella Wilson

Football fans are mourning one of their own, gone too soon. On Saturday, June 143 in the evening, the San Francisco 49ers announced that their former player Aldon Smith had died. He was 36. And though a cause of death has yet to be publicized, friends of the late All-Pro defensive lineman are giving insight into his tumultuous life after his also difficult exit from the NFL. © Getty ImagesAldon in 2013 Amir Shirazi, speaking with the San Francisco Chronicle, revealed that upon exiting his home on Saturday, he found Aldon slumped over in the front passenger seat of his white Chevy pickup, seemingly asleep with his mouth open. Sensing something was wrong, he called 911 as well as former 49ers running back Anthony Dixon to the scene, though Aldon was declared dead in Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose not long after. Amir further shared with the outlet that Aldon, originally from Greenwood, Mississippi, had spent his last day prior to his death helping deliver pizza to a homeless charity. © Getty ImagesThe late …