San Francisco, CA
San Francisco hosts Jamerson and San Diego
San Diego Toreros (12-10, 2-5 WCC) at San Francisco Dons (16-6, 5-2 WCC)
San Francisco; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dons -18.5; over/under is 149.5
BOTTOM LINE: San Diego visits the San Francisco Dons after Steven Jamerson II scored 20 points in San Diego’s 69-67 win over the Pepperdine Waves.
The Dons are 10-1 in home games. San Francisco is second in the WCC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 63.7 points while holding opponents to 41.0% shooting.
The Toreros are 2-5 in WCC play. San Diego has a 5-8 record against teams over .500.
San Francisco scores 78.5 points per game, 2.2 more points than the 76.3 San Diego allows. San Diego scores 8.8 more points per game (72.5) than San Francisco allows to opponents (63.7).
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Mogbo is averaging 15 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals for the Dons. Malik Thomas is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for San Francisco.
Wayne McKinney III is scoring 14.5 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists for the Toreros. PJ Hayes is averaging 12.8 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 47.8% over the last 10 games for San Diego.
LAST 10 GAMES: Dons: 8-2, averaging 82.9 points, 35.0 rebounds, 17.0 assists, 8.8 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 50.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.2 points per game.
Toreros: 4-6, averaging 71.5 points, 32.9 rebounds, 13.7 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
San Francisco, CA
Cruise reaches settlement with woman severely injured by robotaxi in San Francisco, report says
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Cruise reached a settlement with a woman who was severely injured by one of the company’s robotaxis, according to a new report.
The exact terms of the agreement have not been revealed.
The woman was hit by a regular vehicle back October.
The impact threw her into the path of a driverless car at 5th and Market Streets in San Francisco.
GM’s Cruise recalling all 950 robotaxis after SF pedestrian dragging incident
She was then pinned under the car as it attempted to pull over.
Cruise said the incident was caused by a software malfunction.
The incident led the DMV to suspend Cruise’s driverless taxi license in San Francisco.
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Britain expands AI safety institute to San Francisco amid scrutiny over regulatory shortcomings
An aerial view of the city of San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge in California, October 28, 2021.
Carlos Barria | Reuters
LONDON — The British government is expanding its facility for testing “frontier” artificial intelligence models to the United States, in a bid to further its image as a top global player tackling the risks of the tech and to increase cooperation with the U.S. as governments around the world jostle for AI leadership.
The government on Monday announced it would open a U.S. counterpart to its AI safety summit, a state-backed body focused on testing advanced AI systems to ensure they’re safe, in San Francisco this summer.
The U.S. iteration of the AI Safety Institute will aim to recruit a team of technical staff headed up by a research director. In London, the institute currently has a team of 30. It is chaired by Ian Hogarth, a prominent British tech entrepreneur who founded the music concert discovery site Songkick.
In a statement, U.K. Technology Minister Michelle Donelan said the AI Safety Summit’s U.S. rollout “represents British leadership in AI in action.”
“It is a pivotal moment in the U.K.’s ability to study both the risks and potential of AI from a global lens, strengthening our partnership with the U.S. and paving the way for other countries to tap into our expertise as we continue to lead the world on AI safety.”
The expansion “will allow the U.K. to tap into the wealth of tech talent available in the Bay Area, engage with the world’s largest AI labs headquartered in both London and San Francisco, and cement relationships with the United States to advance AI safety for the public interest,” the government said.
San Francisco is the home of OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed company behind viral AI chatbot ChatGPT.
The AI Safety Institute was established in November 2023 during the AI Safety Summit, a global event held in England’s Bletchley Park, the home of World War II code breakers, that sought to boost cross-border cooperation on AI safety.
The expansion of the AI Safety Institute to the U.S. comes on the eve of the AI Seoul Summit in South Korea, which was first proposed at the U.K. summit in Bletchley Park last year. The Seoul summit will take place across Tuesday and Wednesday.
The government said that, since the AI Safety Institute was established in November, it’s made progress in evaluating frontier AI models from some of the industry’s leading players.
It said Monday that several AI models completed cybersecurity challenges but struggle to complete more advanced challenges, while several models demonstrated PhD-level knowledge of chemistry and biology.
Meanwhile, all models tested by the institute remained highly vulnerable to “jailbreaks,” where users trick them into producing responses they’re not permitted to under their content guidelines, while some would produce harmful outputs even without attempts to circumvent safeguards.
Tested models were also unable to complete more complex, time-consuming tasks without humans there to oversee them, according to the government.
It didn’t name the AI models that were tested. The government previously got OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic to agree to opening their coveted AI models up to the government to help inform research into the risks associated with their systems.
The development comes as Britain has faced criticism for not introducing formal regulations for AI, while other jurisdictions, like the European Union, race ahead with AI-tailored laws.
The EU’s landmark AI Act, which is the first major legislation for AI of its kind, is expected to become a blueprint for global AI regulations once it is approved by all EU member states and enters into force.
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