Kimi Antonelli led team mate George Russell as Mercedes locked out the top two positions on the timing screens across the third and final day of 2026’s opening pre-season test in Bahrain.
George Russell has described this week’s pre-season test in Bahrain as “a bit of a reality check” for Mercedes, believing that the team have “taken a step back” in terms of reliability and performance since the Barcelona Shakedown.
Isack Hadjar has admitted that Red Bull’s progress during the first 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain has been “better than we hoped for”, with the Frenchman labelling the squad’s new power unit as “reliable” and “powerful”.
An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that its Chinese rival DeepSeek is using unfair and increasingly sophisticated methods to extract results from leading US AI models to train the next generation of its breakthrough R1 chatbot, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg News.
In the memo, sent Thursday to the House Select Committee on China, OpenAI said that DeepSeek had used so-called distillation techniques as part of "ongoing efforts to free-ride on the capabilities developed by OpenAI and other US frontier labs." The company said it had detected "new, obfuscated methods" designed to evade OpenAI's defenses against misuse of its models' output.
OpenAI began privately raising concerns about the practice shortly after the R1 model's release last year, when it opened a probe with partner Microsoft Corp. into whether DeepSeek had obtained its data in an unauthorized manner, Bloomberg previously reported. In distillation, one AI model relies on the output of another for training purposes to develop similar capabilities.
Distillation, largely tied to China and occasionally Russia, has persisted and become more sophisticated despite attempts to crack down on users who violate OpenAI's terms of service, the company said in its memo, citing activity it has observed on its platform.
In the memo, sent Thursday to the House Select Committee on China, OpenAI said that DeepSeek had used so-called distillation techniques as part of "ongoing efforts to free-ride on the capabilities developed by OpenAI and other US frontier labs." The company said it had detected "new, obfuscated methods" designed to evade OpenAI's defenses against misuse of its models' output.
OpenAI began privately raising concerns about the practice shortly after the R1 model's release last year, when it opened a probe with partner Microsoft Corp. into whether DeepSeek had obtained its data in an unauthorized manner, Bloomberg previously reported. In distillation, one AI model relies on the output of another for training purposes to develop similar capabilities.
Distillation, largely tied to China and occasionally Russia, has persisted and become more sophisticated despite attempts to crack down on users who violate OpenAI's terms of service, the company said in its memo, citing activity it has observed on its platform.
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Waymo's autonomous vehicles can transport passengers across six cities without a human driver, but the Alphabet-owned company has discovered that its cars become completely inert if a passenger accidentally leaves a door open. The company confirmed that it is now paying DoorDash drivers in Atlanta to close these doors as part of a pilot program.
A Reddit post from a DoorDash driver showed an offer of $6.25 to drive less than one mile to a Waymo vehicle and close its door, plus an additional $5 after verified completion. Waymo and DoorDash told TechCrunch the post is legitimate. The door-closing partnership began earlier this year and is separate from the autonomous delivery service the two companies launched in Phoenix in October. Waymo has also worked with Honk, a towing service app, in Los Angeles on the same problem. Honk users in L.A. have been offered up to $24 to close a Waymo door. Future Waymo vehicles will have automated door closures.
A Reddit post from a DoorDash driver showed an offer of $6.25 to drive less than one mile to a Waymo vehicle and close its door, plus an additional $5 after verified completion. Waymo and DoorDash told TechCrunch the post is legitimate. The door-closing partnership began earlier this year and is separate from the autonomous delivery service the two companies launched in Phoenix in October. Waymo has also worked with Honk, a towing service app, in Los Angeles on the same problem. Honk users in L.A. have been offered up to $24 to close a Waymo door. Future Waymo vehicles will have automated door closures.
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AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Bouwer Heijmans was vrijdag een uitblinker op de Amsterdamse aandelenbeurs dankzij jaarcijfers die goed werden ontvangen door beleggers. Het algehele sentiment op het Damrak was eveneens positief na de forse koersverliezen een dag eerder.
Heijmans was koploper in de MidKap-index voor middelgrote bedrijven in Amsterdam met een stijging van meer dan 15 procent. Het bouwbedrijf zag de winst vorig jaar flink stijgen en verwacht daarnaast dat de "sterke" financiële prestaties in 2026 aanhouden. Branchegenoot BAM liftte mee in de MidKap met een winst van ruim 4 procent.
De AEX-index eindigde 0,6 procent hoger op 993,82 punten, na het verlies van ruim 2 procent een dag eerder. De MidKap steeg 0,8 procent tot 1004,15 punten. De CAC 40 in Parijs verloor 0,4 procent, maar de beurzen in Frankfurt en Londen boekten winsten tot 0,4 procent.
MILAAN (ANP) - Jorrit Bergsma heeft bij de Olympische Spelen in Milaan brons veroverd op de 10 kilometer. De 40-jarige schaatser moest in het Milano Speed Skating met 12.40,48 het goud laten aan Metodej Jilek uit Tsjechië in een tijd van 12.33,43. Vladimir Semirunniy uit Polen veroverde met 12.39,08 het zilver.
Bergsma won olympisch goud op de 10 kilometer bij de Spelen van Sotsji in 2014 en greep vier jaar later het zilver. Bij de Spelen van Beijing in 2022 eindigde hij als vierde. De Zweed Nils van der Poel won.
Feyenoord haalde deze week met Raheem Sterling een grote speler in huis. Toch is het de vraag wat de 82-voudig Engels international kan brengen in Rotterdam. "Daar schuilt het gevaar. Hij is niet wedstrijdfit. Dan heb je zo een blessure, en zeker bij Feyenoord", zegt Harry van der Laan in FC Rijnmond.
Na een paar zachte dagen met temperaturen in de dubbele cijfers keert de winter weer terug in onze regio. Vooral zondag kan een opvallende dag worden: de nieuwste berekeningen laten serieuze sneeuwkansen zien voor Zuid-Holland.
