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Submission + - 4chan Lawyer Responds to £520,000 UK Fine with AI-Generated Image of Hamst 1

cmseagle writes: As reported by the BBC, 4chan's lawyer has responded to a fine of £520,000 (including £450,000 for failing to implement age verification measures to prevent children from accessing pornography) with an AI-generated image of a cartoon hamster.

The lawyer clarified his client's position in a follow-up post on X:

In the only country in which 4chan operates, the United States, it is breaking no law and indeed its conduct is expressly protected by the First Amendment.

Submission + - Tesla "Robotaxi" service reports 5 more crashes in Austin

cmseagle writes: Tesla has reported 5 crashes in Austin over the course of December and January. Most of these were minor collisions, but it implies that the taxis may be less safe than human drivers:

The irony is that Tesla’s own numbers condemn it. Tesla’s Vehicle Safety Report claims the average American driver experiences a minor collision every 229,000 miles and a major collision every 699,000 miles. By Tesla’s own benchmark, its “Robotaxi” fleet is crashing nearly 4 times more often than what the company says is normal for a regular human driver in a minor collision, and virtually every single one of these miles was driven with a trained safety monitor in the vehicle who could intervene at any moment, which means they likely prevented more crashes that Tesla’s system wouldn’t have avoided.

More concerningly, they've also upgraded an incident which took place in July from "property damage only" to "Minor w/ Hospitalization":

This means someone involved in a Tesla “Robotaxi” crash required hospital treatment. The original crash involved a right turn collision with an SUV at 2 mph. Tesla’s delayed admission of hospitalization, five months after the incident, raises more questions about its crash reporting, which is already heavily redacted.

Submission + - How drones and video-game techniques are coming together in Ukraine's war (economist.com) 1

cmseagle writes: A recent report from The Economist describes the evolution of Ukraine's drone war, and the adoption of mechanics that would be familiar to any Call of Duty player:

Gamification came to the drone war in August 2024, when the Army of Drones, a government-backed initiative to acquire drones for the armed forces, launched a “bonus” system ... Once a drone kill is logged, identified and confirmed, it wins a number of points depending on the military value of the item destroyed.

A drone operator who destroys a T-90M tank–Russia’s most advanced combat vehicle–with a disposable First Person View (FPV) drone gets enough points to make his unit eligible to receive 15 more (which would cost the armed forces around $10,000 in total). The system gives operators an incentive to find high-value targets and means that the units scoring kills are rewarded with prompt resupply.


Submission + - South Korea's president declares emergency martial law (bbc.co.uk)

cmseagle writes: In an unannounced presidential address at 10pm local time, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has declared martial law.

He states that it is a necessary measure to "eradicate" "anti-state" and "pro-North" forces that he claims are trying to paralyze the country.

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