Self-Driving · October 2025Gaffe level: Typo
People Tricked Waymo's AI Sending 50 Robotaxis To A Dead-End Street
Fifty pranksters summoned Waymo rides to SF's longest dead-end street at the exact same moment, summoning the world's first Waymo DDoS. The driverless fleet dutifully clogged the street, waited ten minutes, and charged everyone a $5 no-show fee, which is technically the most productive thing any of them did all day.
Source: Carscoops
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah