Hacker News with Generative AI: Safety

Four dead in fire as Tesla doors fail to open after crash (myelectricsparks.com)
A devastating accident in Toronto involving a Tesla Model Y resulted in the tragic deaths of four individuals and the miraculous rescue of a young woman.

Tesla, Accidents, Safety, Automotive, Canada

209 points by json_bourne_ 5 days ago | 183 comments

AI Chatbot Joins Mushroom Hunters Group, Encourages Cooking Dangerous Mushroom (gizmodo.com)
By now, it should be obvious that AI is capable of giving really, really bad advice. Sometimes the advice it gives is just stupid. Other times, it’s actively dangerous.

Artificial Intelligence, Safety, Technology, Mushrooms

23 points by ColinWright 5 days ago | 6 comments

Learn how to safely catch venomous funnel-web spiders (theguardian.com)
Hunting for potentially deadly, silky spider burrows in the back yard may not be on every Sydneysiders’ bucket list.

Wildlife, Australia, Safety, Spiders

8 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 1 comments

Cruise fined $500K for submitting false report after last years pedestrian crash (theverge.com)
GM’s Cruise will pay a criminal fine of $500,000 to resolve a federal investigation and accept a deferred prosecution agreement after the company admitted to falsifying a report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation” of a crash where one of its driverless vehicles struck and dragged a pedestrian in 2023.

Autonomous Vehicles, Law Enforcement, Safety

5 points by rntn 6 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla Cybertruck recalled for the sixth time since January (theregister.com)
The Tesla Cybertruck is closing in on an average of a recall every two months this year, as it notified the NHTSA last week of a sixth fix that can't be software patched away.

Tesla, Recalls, Automotive, Vehicles, Safety

8 points by beardyw 6 days ago | 3 comments

Take the 'Death Stairs' If You Dare (nytimes.com)
A Facebook page, which began among a few friends, has grown into a popular photo collection of hazardous stairs.

Social Media, Photography, Safety, Urban Exploration

21 points by prismatic 8 days ago | 4 comments

LED lights on underside of surfboards may deter great white shark attacks (theguardian.com)
Using LED lighting on the underside of surfboards or kayaks could deter great white shark attacks, new research suggests.

Sharks, Safety, Technology, Surfing

4 points by mudil 8 days ago | 0 comments

$8k Suzuki from India received a 5-star crash test rating (jalopnik.com)
There aren’t any new models available under $20,000 in the for American car buyers anymore, but emerging auto markets like India have plenty of cheap cars to go around. One of these budget cars just proved that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to be safe.

Cars, India, Safety, Crash Testing

309 points by rntn 9 days ago | 311 comments

Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal into furnace (youtube.com)

Safety, Industrial Accidents, Manufacturing

11 points by lifeisstillgood 10 days ago | 4 comments

UK: Will new battery-powered trains replace diesel, and are they safe? (bbc.co.uk)
Soon battery-powered trains could be coming to a station near you.

Transportation, Trains, Technology, Environment, Safety

10 points by zeristor 10 days ago | 7 comments

NASA Tells SpaceX to Focus on Safety After Astronaut Hospitalizations (gizmodo.com)
A NASA safety panel warned SpaceX to focus on crew safety for its commercial trips to the International Space Station (ISS) after four astronauts were recently hospitalized.

Space Exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Safety

40 points by tiahura 12 days ago | 5 comments

A comic uses fluid dynamics to explain how groups of people move (nautil.us)
A comic uses fluid dynamics to explain how groups of people move—and how that could help make large gatherings safer.

Fluid Dynamics, Physics, Crowd Dynamics, Safety

10 points by dnetesn 14 days ago | 3 comments

In-Bed Emergency Protection from Phone-on-Face Drops (core77.com)
Inventor Kazuya Shibata, who creates "marginally useful things," presents this Smartphone Face Shield.

Product Design, Innovation, Safety

40 points by surprisetalk 15 days ago | 44 comments

Drugmaker shut down after black schmutz found in injectable weight-loss drug (arstechnica.com)
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use any drugs made by a compounding pharmacy in California after regulators realized the pharmacy was making drugs that need to be sterile—particularly injectable drugs—without using sterile ingredients or any sterilization steps.

Pharmaceuticals, Health, Regulation, Safety

17 points by LinuxBender 16 days ago | 5 comments

Headlights are too bright! But US experts say they're not bright enough (theguardian.com)
Driver complaints about high beams are commonplace, though specialists say US roads need to be better lit

Automotive, Safety, Lighting, Technology

10 points by bookofjoe 17 days ago | 0 comments

NASA Tells SpaceX to Focus on Safety After Astronaut Hospitalizations (gizmodo.com)
A NASA safety panel warned SpaceX to focus on crew safety for its commercial trips to the International Space Station (ISS) after four astronauts were recently hospitalized.

Space Travel, Safety, NASA, SpaceX

4 points by bookofjoe 19 days ago | 1 comments

Taiwan discredits common typhoon practice of taping windows (taiwannews.com.tw)
Taping windows and doors does not enhance wind resistance or prevent glass breakage, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) clarified on Saturday (Oct. 26),

Taiwan, Typhoons, Safety, Disaster Preparedness

5 points by Vox_Leone 21 days ago | 0 comments

Bus Traps (Wikipedia) (wikipedia.org)
A bus trap (car trap in the UK) is a metal grate placed over a ditch or pit in the road with tines (sides) spaced far enough apart that small (shorter axle) vehicles fall between the tines but close enough that larger-diameter-wheeled vehicles, such as buses, may pass.

Transportation, Engineering, Safety

11 points by KiranRao0 22 days ago | 2 comments

Are Boeing's problems beyond fixable? (arstechnica.com)
As Boeing’s latest chief executive, Kelly Ortberg’s job was never going to be easy. On Wednesday, it got harder still.

Aviation, Business, Boeing, Safety

3 points by lisper 24 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing 787s must be reset every 51 days or 'misleading data' is shown (2020) (theregister.com)
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered Boeing 787 operators to switch their aircraft off and on every 51 days to prevent what it called "several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios" – including the crashing of onboard network switches.

Aviation, Safety, Boeing, Technology, Regulation

205 points by jakey_bakey 28 days ago | 223 comments

Online dating code will require Tinder, Hinge to act on dangerous users (abc.net.au)
Tinder, Hinge and other online dating platforms will have six months to become compliant with a dating code of conduct designed to make the matchmaker apps safer, after years of reported failures to act on incidences of sexual assaults enabled by their platforms.

Online Dating, Safety, Social Media, Legislation, Regulation

6 points by sunkcostisalie 29 days ago | 3 comments

Sabotage evaluations for frontier models (anthropic.com)
As AIs become more capable, however, a new kind of risk might emerge: models with the ability to mislead their users, or subvert the systems we put in place to oversee them.

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Safety, Ethics

64 points by elsewhen 32 days ago | 8 comments

U.S. to probe Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system after pedestrian killed (npr.org)
The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating Tesla's “Full Self-Driving” system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Tesla, Government Regulation, Accidents

62 points by marban 33 days ago | 3 comments

Fireball.xyz – the best place to learn about smoke detectors (fireball.xyz)

Fire Safety, Home Improvement, Technology, Safety

7 points by kirillzubovsky 33 days ago | 0 comments

Pedestrian Head Protection, Global Technical Regulation No. 9 (regulations.gov)

Safety, Regulations, Transportation, Automotive

8 points by luu 33 days ago | 2 comments

Tesla driver blocks windscreen on public highway – report (drive.com.au)
A Tesla owner in the United States has allegedly covered up the car’s windscreen while driving on a public highway to beat its driver monitoring systems.

Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Technology, Law Enforcement

9 points by CRConrad 33 days ago | 1 comments

TCAS averts possible head-on collision in Austin (flightradar24.com)
On 16 October, an American Airlines 737 (N800NN) and Cessna R182 Skylane (N738PG) came dangerously close as the airliner was preparing to land in Austin.

Aviation, Accidents, Safety, Texas

50 points by philip1209 34 days ago | 49 comments

An Illustrated Guide to Maritime Signal Flags (rabbitwaves.ca)
The International Code of Signals is a system of signals and codes designed to communicate important safety and navigational messages when speaking is difficult (because of language barriers, distance, etc).

Navigation, Communication, Maritime, Safety, Visual Communication

161 points by gaws 34 days ago | 45 comments

US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash (reuters.com)
The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

Self-Driving Cars, Tesla, Government Regulation, Safety

417 points by jjulius 34 days ago | 976 comments

Tesla FSD crashes in fog, sun glare–Feds open new safety investigation (arstechnica.com)
Today, federal safety investigators opened a new investigation aimed at Tesla's electric vehicles.

Tesla, Safety, Autonomous Vehicles, Government Regulation, Accidents

6 points by belter 34 days ago | 2 comments