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A business jet crashed into a South Florida neighbourhood Sunday, killing all nine people aboard. The pilot had reported icing, severe turbulence, and heavy precipitation before the Learjet entered a steep dive and exploded into a fireball near homes and a busy road. Investigators are now piecing together what went wrong.
Shifting to artificial intelligence and governance, Delaware is pushing legislation that would allow AI agents to set up and operate entire businesses, with just a single human required in the loop. The bill carves out a thirty-month regulatory sandbox for testing. Meanwhile, federal lawmakers are already watching closely, with Representative James Comer demanding safety assessments and warning that federal legislation could follow if answers fall short.
And for software entrepreneurs wondering where they fit in an age of AI-generated code, that question is getting louder. Vibe coding tools have made building software faster and cheaper than ever, but startups are facing a brutal reality — users increasingly expect open-source and free products, while large companies still hold the compute resources and customer bases that matter most.
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