Elon Musk’s worst nightmare

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A collage of Missy Cummings, Elon Musk, and self driving cars.
Missy Cummings flew fighter jets for the Navy. Now, as a leading expert on automation and AI, she's taking aim at self-driving cars.

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Cruise says one of its driverless taxis ran over a woman in San Francisco after a hit-and-run driver 'launched' her into the car's path

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A Cruise self-driving car in the middle of traffic in San Francisco.
A Cruise self-driving car in the middle of traffic in San Francisco.

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I quit Disney Cruise Line after just 4 months because of intense burnout. Here's what working on a cruise is actually like.

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Gianna Alexis worked at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique on the Disney Dream cruise ship.

Gianna Alexis

Gavin Newsom Under Fire From Teamsters Over Veto of Driverless Truck Bill

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Big tech companies want to put big, driverless trucks on the road, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ready to help them reach that goal. Now the Democratic mainstay is taking a beating from unions who say he’s allowed unsafe 10,000+-pound vehicles onto the road without drivers.

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I reluctantly went on my first cruise vacation. It was surprisingly fun, but the crowding was intense.

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The front of the Vision of the Seas ship.
When you go into the Windjammer buffet, it overlooks the front of the ship and gives a nice view of the ocean.

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A Robotaxi Was Blamed for a San Francisco Man's Death, But He Was Actually Hit By a City Bus

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A couple of weeks ago, as San Francisco emergency responders attempted to pull away from a scene where a man had been seriously injured, a pair of Cruise robotaxis allegedly loitered in the ambulance’s path, not understanding that they were required to get out of the way. The man died not long afterward. It didn’t…

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A passenger went overboard Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas, the largest operating cruise ship in the world at 18 decks tall and 230,000 tons

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Wonder of the Seas

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AI This Week: Cruise Veers Off Course

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Cruise workers use code words to communicate on board — here are 35 of the secret terms

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A passenger cruise ship of the Princess company and one more of the Holland America Line company are anchored on the outskirts of the Bay of Paz, during a protest against cruise ships industry on May 8, 2021 in La Paz, Mexico.
On a single cruise ship, there may be cruise workers from over 40 countries.

Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says

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Driverless car systems have a bias problem, according to a new study from Kings College London. The study examined eight AI-powered pedestrian detection systems used for autonomous driving research.

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