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Local police said initial findings suggested a "system malfunction" caused multiple vehicles to stop in the middle of the road on Tuesday. Videos on social media have documented the outage, with one appearing to show it resulting in a highway collision, although police said no injuries had been reported and passengers exited their vehicles safely. Baidu did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to the police statement, posted on social media site Weibo, the cause of the incident is still under further investigation. Baidu operates its Apollo Go driverless taxi service in dozens of cities across the...

ransomnote: The video at the link is better quality than the gif I posted below.Shocking CCTV footage from a factory in China shows a humanoid robot turning erratic and attacking its surroundings in what many online have described as a scene straight out of a dystopian filmThe robot, suspended from a small crane-like apparatus, appears to wake up from its slumber and starting violently thrash its arms, swiping the air with increasing aggression. During the outburst, the machine suddenly lunges at a man seated at a nearby workstation, forcing him to duck for cover, while another individual standing behind the...