MAROKO133 Breaking ai: Amazon’s robotaxis make risky intersection stops, prompting 332-veh

📌 MAROKO133 Breaking ai: Amazon’s robotaxis make risky intersection stops, prompti

Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company Zoox has announced a voluntary software recall after identifying driving behavior near intersections that could raise safety concerns, according to federal filings released Tuesday.

The recall applies to 332 driverless vehicles and involves software used by Zoox robotaxis operating on public roads.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the affected vehicles may cross yellow center lines, block crosswalks, or stop in front of oncoming traffic near intersections.

Zoox reported no crashes tied to the issue but acknowledged an increased risk.

Zoox currently runs public robotaxi services in parts of San Francisco and Las Vegas, where it offers free rides in fully autonomous vehicles.

Turning behavior reviewed

Zoox first detected the issue in late August after a robotaxi executed a wide right turn near an intersection. According to NHTSA documents, the vehicle crossed partially into the opposing lane and paused in front of oncoming traffic.

That incident prompted a broader internal review. Zoox analyzed driving data and identified 62 cases between August 26 and December 5 where vehicles crossed lane markings unnecessarily near intersections.

Some crossings were partial, while others extended fully into opposing lanes.

Zoox told regulators it remained engaged with federal officials throughout the review.

The company said it was in “ongoing conversations with NHTSA about the frequency, severity, and root causes of these occurrences.”

A Zoox spokesperson said the company identified driving actions that did not align with its internal safety standards.

In certain cases, robotaxis stopped inside crosswalks to avoid blocking intersections at red lights. In other situations, vehicles completed turns too late, resulting in wide maneuvers.

Software fixes applied

Zoox said it resolved the problem through software updates issued on November 7 and again in mid-December.

The recall documents those updates rather than requiring physical vehicle repairs.

“We have successfully identified and deployed targeted software improvements to address the root causes of these incidents,” the company said.

“Today, we’re submitting a voluntary software recall because transparency and safety is foundational to Zoox, and we want to be open with the public and regulators about how we are constantly refining and improving our technology.”

The recall covers Zoox vehicles that operated on public roads between March 13 and December 18.

The company said the updated software prevents the behaviors identified during the review.

The latest recall adds to a growing list of software fixes Zoox has issued this year.

In March, the company recalled vehicles after reports of unexpected hard braking.

That action followed two incidents where motorcyclists struck the rear of Zoox vehicles.

Zoox also issued recalls in May to improve how its system predicts the movement of pedestrians and other road users.

One update followed an April crash involving an unoccupied robotaxi and a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas.

Federal regulators have recently closed several probes involving Zoox.

The NHTSA ended a braking investigation in April and certified Zoox vehicles for demonstration use in August, closing a separate compliance probe that began in 2022.

Other autonomous vehicle developers face similar scrutiny.

Alphabet-owned Waymo recently recalled vehicles after Texas officials reported illegal school bus passings.

The NHTSA opened an investigation into that matter in October.

As autonomous services expand, regulators continue to monitor software performance closely, especially in complex urban traffic environments.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com

📌 MAROKO133 Eksklusif ai: Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI Wajib Bac

As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food, you gotta wonder: is anyone not on board with the AI takeover?

Apparently not. Former McKinsey analyst turned Dartmouth University professor Scott Anthony told Fortune that one of the feelings he’s seeing more and more among college students isn’t excitement for the AI future, but utter terror.

“One of the things that really surprises me consistently is how scared our students are of using it,” Anthony said of large language models (LLMs). The fear isn’t just over typical academic issues like cheating, he told Fortune, but about losing their critical thinking skills to the machine — they’re “scared full stop.”

“There’s something about AI where people, I think, worry that they’ll lose their humanity if they lean too much into it,” Anthony explained. “History teaches me very clearly that in the middle of a change like this, it’s very messy.”

The Dartmouth prof contrasted his student’s anxieties to those of his fellow tenured professors, who are typically eager to try out the latest LLM software. It’s not hard to see why this is the case — with a cushy gig at one of the nation’s elite universities, Dartmouth faculty are free from the economic horror story that is the AI boom. For students entering today’s job market, the future looks far less secure.

But even beyond career viability, students’ anxieties that AI use could make them dumber aren’t unfounded. One headline-inducing study from MIT earlier this summer split participants into three groups to compete tasks like writing essays: one which used LLMs, one which used common search engines, and one “brain only group.”

Compared to the other groups, the researchers found that the LLM group had an easier time writing their essays, though this “came at a cognitive cost, diminishing users’ inclination to critically evaluate the LLM’s output or ‘opinions,’” the paper explained. Basically, the group using AI gravitated toward an echo chamber moderated by AI, not by their own brains.

On top of that, participants in the brain-only group reported “higher satisfaction” with their essays, and “demonstrated higher brain connectivity” than the others.

In other words, it seems Gen Z has a right to be scared.

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🔗 Sumber: futurism.com