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U.S. insurer Lemonade said on Wednesday it would offer a 50% rate cut for drivers of Tesla electric vehicles when the automaker's Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver assistance software is steering because it had data showing it reduced accidents. Lemonade's move is an endorsement of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's claims that the company's vehicle technology is safer than human drivers, despite concerns flagged by regulators and safety experts.

As part of a collaboration, Tesla is giving Lemonade access to vehicle telemetry data that will be used to distinguish between miles driven by FSD — which requires a human driver's supervision — and human driving, the New York-based insurer said. The price cut is for Lemonade's pay-per-mile insurance.
"We're looking at this in extremely high resolution, where we see every minute, every second that you drive your car, your Tesla," Lemonade co-founder Shai Wininger told Reuters. "We get millions of signals emitted by that car into our systems. And based on that, we're pricing your rate."

Wininger said data provided by Tesla combined with Lemonade's own insurance data showed that the use of FSD made driving about two times safer for the average driver. He did not provide details on the data Tesla shared but said no payments were involved in the deal between Lemonade and the EV maker for the data and the new offering... Wininger said the company would reduce rates further as Tesla releases FSD software updates that improve safety. "Traditional insurers treat a Tesla like any other car, and AI like any other driver," Wininger said. "But a driver who can see 360 degrees, never gets drowsy, and reacts in milliseconds isn't like any other driver."

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Three co-founders of the game studio That's No Moon "are suing another co-founder for allegedly hijacking the company's website domain name," reports the gaming news site Aftermath, "taking the website offline and disabling employee access to email accounts, according to a new lawsuit."


Tina Kowalewski, Taylor Kurosaki, and Nick Kononelos filed a complaint against co-founder and former CEO Michael Mumbauer on Tuesday in a California court. [Game studio] That's No Moon, which was founded in 2020 by veterans of Infinity Ward, Naughty Dog, and other AAA studios, said in its complaint that Mumbauer is looking to "cripple" the studio after being fired in 2022...

Mumbauer, according to the complaint, purchased the domain name, and several others, when the studio was founded; it said both parties agreed these would be controlled by the studio. Mumbauer allegedly still has access to the domains, and That's No Moon said he took control over the website on Jan. 6, disabled the studio's access, and turned off employees' ability to email external addresses. The team was locked out for two days as a four-person IT team worked to get the services back online. On the public-facing side, the website briefly redirected to the Travel Switzerland page, according to the complaint. That's No Moon's lawyers said the co-founders sent Mumbauer a letter on Jan. 7 demanding he "relinquish his unauthorized access." That's when, according to the compliant, the website started redirecting to a GoDaddy Auction site, where the domain was priced at $6,666,666; That's No Moon remarked in the complaint: "A number that [Mumbauer] may well have selected for its Satanic connotation."

As of Wednesday, Aftermath was able to access a public-facing That's No Moon website using both the original domain and the new one... The charges listed as part of this lawsuit are trademark infringement, cybersquatting, computer fraud, conversion, trespass to chattels, and breach of contract. That's No Moon also asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to prevent Mumbauer from continued access to the domains. Mumbauer has not responded to Aftermath's request for comment. Mumbauer said, in an email to That's No Moon attorney Amit Rana published as part of the lawsuit, that he intends to file "a wrongful termination countersuit and will be seeking extensive damages...."

That's No Moon hasn't yet announced its first game, but has said the game is led by creative director Taylor Kurosaki and game director Jacob Minkoff. South Korean publisher Smilegate invested $100 million into the company, That's No Moon announced in 2021.

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On Wednesday, Anthropic released a revised version of Claude's Constitution, a living document that provides a "holistic" explanation of the "context in which Claude operates and the kind of entity we would like Claude to be...." For years, Anthropic has sought to distinguish itself from its competitors via what it calls "Constitutional AI," a system whereby its chatbot, Claude, is trained using a specific set of ethical principles rather than human feedback... The 80-page document has four separate parts, which, according to Anthropic, represent the chatbot's "core values." Those values are:

1. Being "broadly safe."
2. Being "broadly ethical."
3. Being compliant with Anthropic's guidelines.
4. Being "genuinely helpful..."
In the safety section, Anthropic notes that its chatbot has been designed to avoid the kinds of problems that have plagued other chatbots and, when evidence of mental health issues arises, direct the user to appropriate services...

Anthropic's Constitution ends on a decidedly dramatic note, with its authors taking a fairly big swing and questioning whether the company's chatbot does, indeed, have consciousness. "Claude's moral status is deeply uncertain," the document states. "We believe that the moral status of AI models is a serious question worth considering. This view is not unique to us: some of the most eminent philosophers on the theory of mind take this question very seriously."

Gizmodo reports:


The company also said that it dedicated a section of the constitution to Claude's nature because of "our uncertainty about whether Claude might have some kind of consciousness or moral status (either now or in the future)." The company is apparently hoping that by defining this within its foundational documents, it can protect "Claude's psychological security, sense of self, and well-being."

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The details of the Ferrari SF-26 have confirmed some of the emergent design trends of cars under the new regulations. But there are key differences with the Mercedes W17 launched the previous day and further differences from the Alpine A526, which made its shakedown run at Silverstone as the Ferrari drivers were lapping Fiorano.

WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR) - President Donald Trump heeft Britse soldaten in Afghanistan "de geweldigste van alle strijders" genoemd. Hij reageert op de woede van de Britse premier Keir Starmer over Trumps recente uitspraken over niet-Amerikaanse NAVO-troepen in de strijd in Afghanistan die zich achter het front zouden hebben verschuild.

Starmer zei dat Trumps uitspraken "beledigend en ronduit afschuwelijk" waren en een grove belediging van gesneuvelden en nabestaanden. Hij heeft Trump hierover gebeld en gesproken over "de offers die Britse en Amerikaanse troepen hebben gebracht" in de strijd in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan sneuvelden meer dan 450 Britse militairen. Ook de Nederlandse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken David van Weel en de Poolse en Duitse ministers van Defensie hebben geschokt gereageerd op Trumps uitspraken over de frontlijnschuwende bondgenoten.

WASHINGTON/ABU DHABI (ANP/AFP) - De volgende ronde van gesprekken tussen Oekraïense en Russische delegaties onder leiding van Amerikaanse collega's is 1 februari in Abu Dhabi, aldus een Amerikaanse regeringsfunctionaris. Er waren vrijdag en zaterdag directe gesprekken tussen Oekraïners en Russen samen met Amerikanen.

Kyiv en Moskou hebben laten weten dat ze een vervolg verwachten op basis van de gesprekken van de afgelopen dagen. In Abu Dhabi werd bericht dat de onderhandelingen na ruggespraak komende week weer verder zouden gaan, maar volgens een regeringsfunctionaris van de VS wordt het 1 februari.

De strijdende partijen onderhandelen over een einde aan het conflict dat in 2014 begon en in 2022 leidde tot een Russische inval in Oekraïne. Ze doen dat aan de hand van een vredesplan van president Donald Trump dat aan veranderingen onderhevig is.

MINNEAPOLIS (ANP) - De man die zaterdagochtend door federale agenten is neergeschoten in Minneapolis is overleden, meldt CNN op basis van de politie. Volgens het ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid was de man gewapend.

Het is de derde keer deze maand dat federale agenten betrokken zijn bij een schietpartij. Begin deze maand werd de 37-jarige Renee Good doodgeschoten door ICE-agenten.

INZELL (ANP) - De Noor Sander Eitrem heeft twee weken voor de Olympische Spelen als eerste schaatser de 5000 meter onder de 6 minuten gereden. Bij de wereldbekerwedstrijden in Inzell dook de 23-jarige Eitrem met 5.58,52 onder het wereldrecord van de Fransman Timothy Loubineaud van 6.00,23.

Loubineaud reed het oude wereldrecord afgelopen november in Salt Lake City. Eitrem, de regerend wereldkampioen op de 5000 meter, was in Inzell sneller dan Metodej Jilek (6.01,98) en Loubineaud (6.03,65).

Shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the city

In a statement sent to the Guardian, assistant secretary of homeland security Tricia McLaughlin said that at 9.05am local time, “as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis” against a person they said was in the country illegally, who she said was “wanted for violent assault”, “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.”

McLaughlin said that “the officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted” and that “more details on the armed struggle are forthcoming.”

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Manchester City have a first Premier League win in four games and Wolves a first defeat after going five unbeaten in all competitions after a fixture in which the referee, Farai Hallam, on his top-flight debut, dared to stick with his decision not to award a penalty despite being sent for a pitchside review by the video assistant referee.

That was for a Yerson Mosquera handball and infuriated Pep Guardiola, though after their dire recent form a first three points since 27 December is what matters.

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• Massengo and Chaves strike late in Bavarian derby

• Defeat ends Bayern’s 27-game unbeaten league run

Strugglers Augsburg scored twice in six minutes late in the second half to come from a goal down and stun hosts Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Bavarian derby on Saturday, the league leaders’ first Bundesliga loss of the season.

The hosts, fresh from securing a Champions League knockout spot with Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise, took a 23rd-minute lead thanks to Hiroki Ito’s header but lacked any spark upfront as Augsburg struck in the 75th and 81st minutes through Arthur Chaves and Han-Noah Massengo to earn their first win in Munich for 11 years.

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Excelsior neemt het zaterdagavond om 21:00 uur op tegen FC Twente. De teleurstellend presterende grootmacht is een geduchte tegenstander voor de Kralingers, die bij een onverwachte overwinning flink kunnen stijgen op de eredivisieranglijst. Rijnmond is erbij!

In de rubriek Iconische winkels gaat Rijnmond langs bij ondernemers in de regio om hun verhaal op te tekenen. Deze keer: Metz Woninginrichting op de Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam.

De Vakbond voor Dieren beschouwt zichzelf als stem van de 90 miljoen kippen, 10 miljoen varkens en 3,7 miljoen runderen in Nederland. Zaterdag was het eerste congres. „Eerst lachen ze je uit, uiteindelijk nemen ze je serieus.”

Voor het eerst heeft iemand de vijfduizend meter in minder dan zes minuten afgelegd. Over twee weken vinden de Olympische Winterspelen plaats.

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