A Florida deputy pulled a woman from a burning car just moments before it became fully engulfed in flames after a carjacking incident, according to Fox News. The dramatic rescue, captured on bodycam video, occurred after the suspect crashed into another vehicle while fleeing with the victim's one-year-old child still in the car. In other news, a Ukrainian skeleton slider was disqualified from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet honoring fallen athletes, and an AI safety researcher quit his job at Anthropic, citing concerns about the "world being in peril." Additionally, Amazon's Ring ended a deal with a surveillance firm, Flock Safety, after facing backlash, and Heathrow Airport's boss attributed perceived overcrowding to passengers walking in the "wrong place."
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reported that the carjacking took place on Sunday night. Deputies located the stolen vehicle a few streets away, but the suspect crashed while attempting to evade them. The bodycam footage showed the deputy pulling the woman from the wreckage just before the car burst into flames, as reported by Fox News.
In Milan-Cortina, Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred from competing in the Winter Olympics. He had refused to stop wearing a helmet that depicted fellow athletes killed since Russia's full-scale invasion, according to BBC World. Heraskevych's appeal was denied, and he stated that the helmet was a "helmet of remembrance." The athletes featured on the helmet included teenage weightlifter Alina Perehudova, boxer Pavlo Ishchenko, and ice hockey player Oleksiy Lohinov.
Meanwhile, Amazon's Ring decided to end its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance firm, after facing scrutiny over its privacy practices, as reported by BBC Technology. The deal, announced in October, would have allowed agencies working with Flock to access video captured on Ring devices. The decision came shortly after a Ring advertisement aired during the Super Bowl sparked widespread backlash.
Also, an AI safety researcher, Mrinank Sharma, resigned from US firm Anthropic, issuing a cryptic warning that the "world is in peril," according to BBC Technology. In his resignation letter, shared on X, Sharma cited concerns about AI, bioweapons, and the state of the wider world. He stated he would pursue writing and studying poetry and move back to the UK to "become invisible."
Finally, Heathrow Airport's boss, Thomas Woldbye, stated that Terminal 5 was not crowded, but passengers were walking in the "wrong place," according to BBC Business. Woldbye told an industry event that the terminal felt crowded because "all the British people keep to the left and all the Europeans keep to the right," causing people to "crash into each other." Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport, and its plans to build a third runway have faced opposition.
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