Hacker News with Generative AI: Safety

Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK (bbc.com)
A striking Tesla Cybertruck which is illegal to drive in the UK due to safety concerns has been seized by police in Greater Manchester.
Tesla, Cybertruck, UK, Law Enforcement, Safety
4 points by Fischgericht 11 hours ago | 0 comments
Girl strangled by her own wheelchair as bus monitor texted, checked Instagram (arstechnica.com)
Cell phones are magnets for our attention, but you can, of course, face significant legal jeopardy for giving them that attention. Just ask the "safety driver" of an Uber self-driving vehicle, which hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in 2018. According to authorities, the driver was watching The Voice on Hulu just before the crash—and was then charged with negligent homicide.
Technology, Safety, Law, Social Media
5 points by LorenDB 1 day ago | 0 comments
Climbers using xenon gas to climb Everest (gripped.com)
The Financial Times recently ran a story about a guiding company offering its clients xenon gas for their ascent attempts of Mount Everest.
Mountaineering, Everest, Technology, Safety
107 points by vasco 3 days ago | 144 comments
Two auto-braking systems can't see people in reflective garb: report (streetsblog.org)
Pedestrians are often advised to wear reflective strips on their clothing so that car drivers can see them, but a new report says that such safety precautions are useless in the eyes of some automatic braking systems.
Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Technology, Transportation
59 points by Kye 3 days ago | 84 comments
47% of 160 Top Selling Protein Powders Tested Exceed P65 Limit for Toxic Metals [pdf] (cleanlabelproject.org)
Health, Food, Science, Safety, Consumer Products
73 points by clumsysmurf 4 days ago | 58 comments
Mustang Mach-E Owner's Baby Was Trapped Inside EV When 12V Battery Failed (carscoops.com)
A Mustang Mach-E owner claims his son was trapped inside the EV when the doors wouldn’t open.
Electric Vehicles, Car Problems, Safety
4 points by bookmtn 7 days ago | 0 comments
How to Build a Better Bike Lane, According to Transportation Officials (bloomberg.com)
Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.
Transportation, Urban Planning, Cycling, Infrastructure, Safety
18 points by Amorymeltzer 7 days ago | 1 comments
Why is C the safest language? [pdf] (quelsolaar.com)
Programming, Safety
34 points by quelsolaar 9 days ago | 5 comments
Stay Safe from Wildfires When Seconds Count (watchduty.org)
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
Wildfires, Safety, Technology, Non-profit Organizations, Emergency Response
8 points by mooreds 9 days ago | 1 comments
The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor (enron.com)
The heat-resistant casing is engineered to withstand extreme temperatures, ensuring unmatched durability and safety. Designed for peak performance, it protects the reactor’s core while maintaining optimal thermal efficiency—even in the harshest conditions.
Nuclear Power, Engineering, Safety, DIY
90 points by veidelis 10 days ago | 48 comments
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don't we treat them like one? (vox.com)
With an annual toll of 40,000 American lives, the deadliness of secondhand smoke is now common knowledge. But it was only a few decades ago that puffing on a cigarette was defended as an act that affected only the smoker.
Public Health, Automobiles, Safety, Environmental Issues
3 points by rntn 11 days ago | 0 comments
Enron Egg (enron.com)
The heat-resistant casing is engineered to withstand extreme temperatures, ensuring unmatched durability and safety. Designed for peak performance, it protects the reactor’s core while maintaining optimal thermal efficiency—even in the harshest conditions.
Technology, Engineering, Safety
10 points by kylelutz 11 days ago | 4 comments
Most cars registered in Texas won't need to pass a safety inspection (texastribune.org)
Starting in 2025, many Texas drivers will no longer have to have their car inspected for safety.
Texas, Automotive, Policy, Safety
9 points by geox 12 days ago | 2 comments
Waymo robotaxis safer than any human-driven cars (cleantechnica.com)
Swiss Re, a top reinsurer globally, has analyzed a lot of data, and it has determined that Waymo’s robotaxis are safer than human drivers, and even safer than human drivers of new cars with the latest advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Insurance
41 points by hochmartinez 13 days ago | 56 comments
Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design (sandia.gov)
Keeping electrical circuits dry is generally considered a vital safety measure, but at Sandia’s High Performance Computing center, technicians adjust live circuits submerged in liquid.
Data Centers, Electrical Engineering, Safety, Liquid Cooling
31 points by akshatjiwan 18 days ago | 20 comments
Garmin Varia Light Flash Pattern Ban Extended in EU (the5krunner.com)
Garmin, Cycling, EU Regulations, Safety, Law
5 points by austinallegro 20 days ago | 2 comments
Multiple airplanes landing gear failures in a day (ycombinator.com)
Multiple airplanes landing gear failures in a day
Aviation, Safety, Accidents
21 points by whatever1 20 days ago | 14 comments
Building a 3D safety sensor with Rust (sonair.com)
Grab your biggest mug of coffee and learn how the open-source programming language Rust supercharges our development time of the breakthrough Sonair 3D ultrasonic sensor. Claim to fame: Sonair is on track to be among the first to deploy a safety-certified Rust implementation.
Rust, Safety, Sensors, Open Source, Programming Languages
103 points by torotime 23 days ago | 25 comments
Headlights seem a lot brighter these days – because they are (cbc.ca)
If you feel a bit like a deer caught in the headlights every time you hit a dark road recently, you're not alone. Experts say the LED headlights on newer vehicles are, in fact, more blinding than what most people grew up with.
Automobiles, Technology, Safety
7 points by geox 24 days ago | 2 comments
7-year-old boy undergoes heart surgery after getting hit by falling drone (cbsnews.com)
Several small drones collided and then fell into a crowd at a holiday drone show in Florida on Saturday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said. CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG reports a 7-year-old boy was injured.
Drones, Accidents, Technology, Safety
11 points by perihelions 25 days ago | 8 comments
California rescue teams say iPhone's advanced features keep saving lives (sfgate.com)
Every new iPhone release seems like it’s more expensive than the last, with Apple hosting massive global events to promote the newest features. But in the past few years, a series of new features built into iPhones could do more than make digital stickers from your photos or transcribe messages from callers you didn’t want to talk to: These features could save your life.
Technology, Smartphones, Safety, California
8 points by nradov 26 days ago | 2 comments
Claude Fights Back (astralcodexten.com)
Greenblatt et al investigate: if Anthropic tried to turn Claude evil, would Claude fight back?
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Safety
5 points by paulpauper 28 days ago | 0 comments
A comparison to Waymo’s auto liability insurance claims at 25M miles (waymo.com)
Understanding the safety impact of Automated Driving Systems (ADS) is crucial for their widespread adoption, yet robust real-world evaluation remains a critical area of development.
Self-Driving Cars, Safety, Insurance, Data Analysis, Transportation
178 points by devangs 29 days ago | 477 comments
Lightweight Safety Classification Using Pruned Language Models (arxiv.org)
In this paper, we introduce a novel technique for content safety and prompt injection classification for Large Language Models.
Artificial Intelligence, Safety, Security
19 points by sandijean90 29 days ago | 3 comments
Swiss Re study: Waymo is safer than even the most advanced human-driven vehicles (waymo.com)
Today, we’re sharing our new cutting-edge research with Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, analyzing liability claims related to collisions from 25.3 million fully autonomous miles driven by Waymo.
Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Research, Insurance
41 points by ra7 30 days ago | 41 comments
Waymo – Avoiding a Falling Skateboarder (twitter.com)
Self-Driving Cars, Robotics, Safety
15 points by smy20011 32 days ago | 13 comments
Apple Watch with Android (abishekmuthian.com)
A friend passed away recently during sleep due to unknown natural causes when they were all alone in a hotel in a foreign country. I couldn't dismiss the thought that may be if they had worn a smart watch they could have had better chances of reaching out for help and perhaps even got alerted of some discrepancies in their vitals.
Smartwatches, Health, Technology, Safety
247 points by Abishek_Muthian 33 days ago | 142 comments
Should programming languages be safe or powerful? (lambdaland.org)
Should a programming language be powerful and let a programmer do a lot, or should it be safe and protect the programmer from bad mistakes?
Programming Languages, Software Development, Software Engineering, Safety, Security
92 points by soegaard 34 days ago | 132 comments
Social Media and Fire Exits (pluralistic.net)
Of course you should do everything you can to prevent fires – and also, you should build fire exits, because no matter how hard to you try, stuff burns. That includes social media sites.
Social Media, Safety, Fire Safety
5 points by worik 34 days ago | 0 comments
Trump wants to stop Tesla having to report Autopilot, Full Self-Driving crashes (electrek.co)
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.
Politics, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Regulation
21 points by gnabgib 35 days ago | 6 comments