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glad for my The Washington Post friends that DC isn't in the path of totality

Tesla settled a lawsuit out of court over the 2018 death of a former Apple engineer after his vehicle veered off a highway in Northern California, court documents say, avoiding a lengthy jury trial over what role its technology played in the crash. wapo.st/3vyJNLe

NEW: Tesla settles case over fatal 2018 crash of an Apple engineer, court docs show. The amount is undisclosed.
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New: Depositions taken in a 2018 fatal crash show Tesla in the unique position of arguing Autopilot is fairly basic. Autopilot, a Tesla engineer said, just followed lane lines, defining its Operational Design Domain as anywhere with lane lines washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

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Ready or not, self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America’s highways wapo.st/49r1JFc

'McLain keeps cards on which he writes the exact GPS coordinates for the scattering. Just in case someone who knew the deceased ever turns up to ask where their loved one was given to the sea.' Alex Mullaney

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NEW: The Biden administration’s AI safety plan hinges on a crumbling federal lab, where employees are dealing with power blackouts, shaky internet and a snake.

Sources say NIST’s funding challenges could jeopardize the White House’s plans to evaluate AI risks:…

NEW: sources told me progressive SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin plans to run for mayor against London Breed.

Peskin said in an interview that he has 'certainly warmed up to the idea' but is currently focused solely on passing Prop. A.

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Really stunning journalism here

New from Han Li 李晗: San Francisco mayor may stop Chinatown ‘sober housing’ amid pushback

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed in a tweet on X that a Tesla employee who died in a fiery 2022 crash was not using the most advanced version of the company’s driver-assistance software, challenging a Washington Post report about the incident. wapo.st/3wiwi24

Von Ohain was a devoted fan of Elon Musk who was enthusiastic about his mission to one day bring autonomy to the masses. Like other workers, he’d received Full Self-Driving for free. Bass says they were “guinea pigs.” Trisha Thadani Rachel Lerman and me: wapo.st/3UD1Iu2

New: A Tesla employee was killed last year in a fiery crash that authorities investigated beyond drunken driving. Multiple factors point to the potential involvement of Full Self-Driving. Tesla did little to acknowledge Hans von Ohain’s death.
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NEW: 'Boycott Tesla' ads to run during the Super Bowl in markets including in D.C and California, funded by Dan O'Dowd. Elon Musk brushed off last year's ad as free promotion, but this adds a wrinkle as Tesla is under pressure to get out its own messaging
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Apple, one of the world’s most secretive companies, quietly ramps up testing of its self-driving car division as other companies face sharp public scrutiny. wapo.st/3Up7SOu

Apple has quietly tripled its testing of autonomous cars, records show washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Cruise, once regarded as a front-runner in the autonomous car industry, has been bleeding money since General Motors purchased it in 2016. wapo.st/3Op0Pl0