Self-Driving · March 2026Gaffe level: Feral
A Waymo Froze Across Both Lanes in Front of an Ambulance
A driverless Waymo attempting a U-turn in Austin froze across both lanes, blocking an ambulance responding to a mass shooting that killed three and injured 14. An officer had to climb in and manually drive it into a parking garage. Officials said the delay did not change patient outcomes.
Source: Axios
An AI-Designed Bird Flu Vaccine Gave Complete Protection in Animals
Cambridge researchers and spinout DIOSynVax used AI to design a broad-spectrum bird flu vaccine from global virus genome data. In animal trials it fully protected mice and ferrets against diverse variants that have caused human infections, while the stockpiled WHO vaccine protected only about half. Human trials are the next step.
Source: Medical Xpress