Safety is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
Blorp is a statically-typed language compiling to C with a focus on safety and performance; benchmark data on an M4 MacBook Air shows near-C performance across several tasks, plus features like purity tracking, explicit effects, and structured concurrency.
Anthropic closed a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation, nearing an IPO, with funds earmarked for Claude expansion, safety/interpretability research, and compute scale; run-rate revenue reportedly ~$47B and profitability is anticipated per WSJ reports, alongside a new Claude Opus 4.8 release.
Sesame launches its public iOS AI agent app with four agents after a $250M Series B and beta traction, while Slate Auto moves to take orders for its low-cost EV after a $650M Series C totaling ~$1.4B raised; the EV space also faces regulatory headwinds and safety probes (tax-credit changes, Rivian NHTSA investigation).
The article proposes a Raft variant using finite projective planes to form small, intersecting quorums (blocs) so progress can occur with fewer than a majority; it illustrates with a 7-node Fano-plane example and analyzes probabilistic trade-offs and open questions.
Waymo suspends freeway driving across US markets due to safety concerns from construction zones and flooded roads, with Atlanta and San Antonio pauses linked to flooded-road issues and a fleet software recall.
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after they drove into flood waters, signaling a material safety/operational risk.
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