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The AI boom is fueling a housing crisis in San Francisco as tech workers are lured to the city to take part in the AI gold rush.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Boom Is Creating Housing Costs in the Bay Area That You’ll Think You Must Be Hallucinating

By Sharon Adarlo

Everyone knows San Francisco has been captured by tech elites, but we didn't expect robots to start replacing DJs there quite this quickly.
Robotics

Military Robot Deployed as Nightclub DJ

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new video shows a driverless Waymo robotaxi struggling to decipher the hand signals of a construction worker.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Flummoxed by Construction Worker’s Hand Signals

By Victor Tangermann

Waymo is planning to expand its robotaxi service in California, such as the East Bay, San Jose and highways around San Francisco Bay.
Artificial Intelligence

Waymo Plans Huge Expansion After Its Robotaxis Caught Gathering and Honking Late at Night

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is deeply unhappy about the $27 million mansion he bought on San Francisco's iconic Lombard Street.
Future Society

Sam Altman Is Suing the People Who Built His Mansion

By Victor Tangermann

A California resident has been arrested and charged for slashing the tires of Waymo vehicles in 17 separate incidents in San Francisco.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Woman Arrested for Vandalizing More than a Dozen Self-Driving Waymo Vehicles

By Sharon Adarlo

Tesla suddenly canceled an order for 2,000 pies — allegedly leaving a charitable small business out of a few thousand dollars.
Future Society

Tesla Screws Small Business by Canceling Order for 2,000 Pies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The city of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit to get those pesky autonomous vehicles off of its streets, appealing a recent decision.
Self-Driving Vehicles

San Francisco Sues to Get Nuisance Self-Driving Cars Off Its Streets

By Victor Tangermann

Cybertrucks are finally being shipped out this week — and coincidentally, one's been spotted getting towed in San Francisco.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Spotted Getting Towed in San Francisco

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI-powered "bespoke smoothie shop" called BetterBlends marketed itself as "the most personalized restaurant, ever." It lasted three weeks.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Powered Smoothie Shop Goes Out of Business Almost Immediately

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman was found trapped and injured underneath a self-driving car — but the autonomous vehicle (AV) doesn't seem to be the one to hit her. 
Self-Driving Vehicles

Pedestrian Found Critically Injured Under Self-Driving Car

By Noor Al-Sibai

A billionaire-backed firm has reportedly purchased thousands of acres of California ranch land with the intent to build a new Silicon Valley.
Future Society

Billionaires Are Reportedly Trying to Start a New City Near San Francisco

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People are having sex in the backseat while their driverless robotaxi is ferrying them to their final destination in San Francisco.
Self-Driving Vehicles

People in San Francisco Are Already Having Sex in Self-Driving Taxis

By Victor Tangermann

San Franciscans are already bidding adieu to the strobing "X" sign that sat atop the Twitter headquarters for three days.
Future Society

Elon Forced to Remove Strobing “X” Sign From Twitter Building

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk's "reckless and irresponsible statements" about crime in San Francisco only spread misinformation, according to District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
Elon Musk

San Francisco District Attorney Takes Aim at Elon Musk Over Murder Allegations

By Victor Tangermann

San Francisco Police Department has arrested a suspect in the killing of Cash App founder and former Square executive Bob Lee.
Future Society

Murdered Tech CEO May Have Been Stabbed to Death by Tech Exec He Knew

By Victor Tangermann