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“It is a big chunk of metal driving on roads at high speeds, so safety concerns are big,” says Samitha Samaranayake, associate professor in engineering.

Bart Selman, professor of computer science and engineering, says “I would be surprised if Tesla could provide reliable, fully autonomous driving with just camera input. It may appear to work well most of the time, but it does not seem sufficiently robust and safe for broad deployment.”

Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication, says the D.C. lawsuit against TikTok “may compel other platform companies to reconsider how they define and regulate economic transactions.”

“It is exceedingly rare for a hurricane to form in the western Gulf, track eastward, and make landfall on the western coast of Florida. This has big implications since the track of the storm plays a role in determining where the storm surge will be the largest,” says  Jonathan Lin, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences.

Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy, discusses Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency project. 

Matthew Frye, Integrated Pest Management extension educator, talks about the “boomerang effect” in rat colonies.