Shooting report in Henderson determined to be false

TechCrunch Tesla's Full Self-Driving software under investigation by federal safety regulator The top U.S. automotive safety regulator has opened a new investigation into Tesla's so-called "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" software after four reported crashes in low-visibility situations - including one where a pedestrian was killed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation announced Friday that it is probing the driver assistance system to find out whether it can "detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions," such as "sun glare, fog, or airborne dust." Musk also claimed at the event that Tesla's Model 3 sedan and Model Y SUV would be able to operate without supervision in California and Texas at some point in 2025, though he did not offer any details about how that will happen.

Nebius to resume Nasdaq trading after severing ties with Russia and Yandex Nebius, the company formerly known as Yandex that's now focused on cloud infrastructure for AI uses (aka "AI compute"), is to begin trading on the public markets once again - more than two years after the Nasdaq halted trading due to economic sanctions imposed in the wake of Russia's Ukraine invasion in 2022. The Netherlands-based company is vying to become one of Europe's leading players in the burgeoning "GPU-as-a-service" space, and sits in a somewhat unique position - it is a startup in many ways as it's starting out afresh as a new business, but being a public company means that anyone can invest in it as an alternative to the usual U.S. hyperscalers such as Alphabet or Microsoft. Yandex's core market was very much its domestic Russia plus a handful of neighboring countries, however its parent was a Dutch holding organization called Yandex N.V. which went public on the Nasdaq in 2011, followed by a secondary listing three years later on the Moscow Exchange.

The surprising way OpenAI could get out of its pact with Microsoft The New York Times on Thursday published a look at the "fraying" relationship between OpenAI and its investor, partner, and, increasingly, rival, Microsoft, reporting their five-year romance has cooled owing to financial pressure on OpenAI, the limited computing power Microsoft is providing OpenAI, and disagreements between the two about ground rules. Most fascinating perhaps is a reported clause in OpenAI's contract with Microsoft that cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI's tech if the latter develops so-called artificial general intelligence (AGI), meaning an AI system capable of rivaling human thinking. TC has asked OpenAI for comment, but the Times - which talked with 19 people familiar with the companies' relationship - says the clause aims to ensure Microsoft can never misuse the technology.

Experts say OpenAI's patent pledge amounts to little more than 'virtue signaling' This week, OpenAI quietly published a statement on its website pledging not to use its patents offensively. Asserting its commitment to the principles of "broad access" and "collaboration," OpenAI said that it would only use its patents in a way that supports innovation. "We pledge to only use our patents defensively, so long as a party does not threaten or assert a claim, initiate a proceeding, help someone else in such activities against us, or engage in activities that harm us or our users," wrote the company.