What's up everyone? I'm Ky Wire here
with your daily 10 minutes of news for
June 4th. Today, can AI powered cars
really drive better than humans? And how
authorities just uncovered a secret
tunnel stretching from Mexico into the
US in a high school football miracle. So
unbelievable it sparked a movie made by
students who lived every second of it.
We start though with some scrutiny over
self-driving cars. AI is safer than
human drivers. That's a claim many of us
have heard, right? But it may be causing
way more problems than expected. CNN
reviewed a series of roadside incidents
by Whimo, a company operating
self-driving vehicles. And Whimo says
its tech helps reduce crashes compared
to human drivers. CNN's Kyouung Law is
here to tell us about public records
showing incidents that include Whimos
running through red lights, entering
flooded areas, even nearly hitting
pedestrians.
>> Whimo tells CNN it safely completes more
than half a million rides every week.
And those smooth, uneventful rides, they
don't go viral. But here's some key
themes we did see in records.
>> Connected to writer support.
>> Hi. The the car is going the wrong way.
It's going on the wrong side of the
road.
>> Over and over again, we came across
reports of Whimos breaking basic traffic
and safety laws, like in this video from
Austin, Texas, where Whimo appeared to
cross double yellow lines and drove on
the wrong side of the road or even going
completely off the road. This is in
Phoenix. The Whimo drove onto the light
rail tracks with a passenger still
inside. Light rail workers responded and
the passenger got out. Okay.
>> Oh, get out. Get out. Get out. There's
any number of reasons for what might be
happening in moments like this. When
Whimos appears stuck, the company says
when their cars face an uncertain
situation, they'll pick the safest
option, including coming to a stop. Now,
another possible explanation. Whimo says
that at any point in time, they have 70
remote human assistance operators
working. Half of them are based in the
Philippines, and Whimo doesn't require
that they have a US driver's license.
When a Whimo faces an ambiguous
situation, it may send a request to
those operators who can give it a
suggested maneuver, but the car can
still decide to accept or reject the
advice. No technology is perfect, Whimo
says in a statement to CNN. But unlike
humans, Whimo takes community feedback
and applies those safety learnings to
our entire fleet. That has led to a 13
times reduction in serious injury
crashes compared to human drivers.
Pop quiz hot shot. Which city is home to
the largest naval fleet in the world?
Mumbai, India, Jakarta, Indonesia,
Shanghai, China, or San Diego,
California?
You seized the day if you said San
Diego. Home to the US Pacific Fleet,
it's one of the most important military
ports on the planet with dozens of Navy
ships and submarines at any given time.
Something straight out of a spy movie
was recently uncovered beneath the
ground connecting Mexico to California.
Mexican authorities discovered the
secret tunnel hidden beneath a home near
Tijuana, Mexico, and it exits into a
street in San Diego, California. The
tunnel stretches 1,900 ft long and is
roughly 55 ft deep. US federal officials
say it has lighting, ventilation
systems, even an electronic sliding
mechanism, so it's believed to be used
for moving illegal drugs and weapons.
Homeland Security Investigations, said
the seizure dealt a significant blow to
the Haliscoco New Generation Cartel, one
of Mexico's most powerful criminal
organizations. The investigation
resulted in charges against four
suspects accused of using the tunnel to
move narcotics into the US.
Have you heard of a Hail Mary? No, not
The Prayer, not the Ryan Gosling movie.
I'm talking about one of the most
nerve-wracking, improbable plays in all
of football. The desperation heave
towards the end zone with time running
out that can flip the outcome of a game
in the blink of an eye. Most fall
incomplete, but this one, it made
history. The Lake Mary High School Rams
won their first ever state championship
last year. A play you have to see to
believe. He's got room to let it go.
He's got players in the end zone
hoisting it. THE BALL TIPPED CAUGHT BY
SCHULTZ AND HE IS FIGHTING TO get in and
he's GOING TO BE CAUGHT. TOUCHDOWN.
Touchdown Lake Mary.
>> Now, if that looked like something
straight out of a movie, that's because
it basically became one. The high
school's TV production class covered
every snap of that season, and they knew
they had something special. Lake Hail
Mary was born. A featurelength
documentary about their storybook season
made for students by students think hard
knocks meets Friday Night Lights. I had
the chance to sit down with the bright
young minds behind the project to talk
football film premieres and everything
in between. I want to hear all about
this story and maybe we should just
start with walking us through how this
idea came to be. Last year when we first
made it to states, we gave the whole
team the GoPro and we were like, "This
would be really cool if we win because
that'll be our first time going and then
our first win." As soon as the Hail Mary
happened, we were all like, "Okay, we're
making this into something huge because
that was something huge."
>> Capturing every snap of a season, that
is a daunting task, especially when you
don't realize there's going to be a
storybook ending, right? So, how did you
balance
this project, but with all the other
things you have going on in your life,
your school work, your studies, all that
stuff?
>> It wasn't so much as like a job where,
you know, oh, we have to come in and
work on the documentary. It was more of
like, yay, we get to work on it, but we
get to go interview people. We were all
just really excited after that really
crazy moment happened.
>> Every week we'll have signups for what
you can do after school, which is how we
can be able to be everywhere.
>> What was one of the biggest challenges
you remember along the way? interviews
took a while. It was hard to honestly
get the boys there on time because some
of them would forget there was an
interview that day.
>> The most important lesson I learned was
that you have to tell a story. It's not
something that's scripted. So, we got to
take what they give us and put it all
together. What was your favorite part of
the process? If you could have one word
or one phrase to describe that, what
would it be?
>> Mine would be perspective. Meet the guys
and like the coaches. you realize they
all come from different backgrounds and
stuff, but at the end of the day, you
know, they had to be one team to win it
all. Emotion honestly, we wanted to make
it really good for them.
>> Probably be like results, being able to
like push through context. What was
happening is just football if you don't
really know the context behind it.
Resilience. They really wanted this. And
at the end of the day, all we could do
is is help make that story come true.
What was it like to see all your hard
work come to life? Not on one but two
big screens. Both uh theaters, I
understand, were completely sold out.
That had to be pretty awesome. So, what
was that like when you see what you've
been working so hard on receive the
reaction that like you hoped it would?
It It's an incredible feeling
>> when a certain person, you know, they
worked on this chapter to see like their
reaction to everyone else like enjoying
their chapter. And it was just really
like a full circle moment for all of us
that like all those hours we put in it
all paid off and everyone loved it more
than I thought they would at least
>> watching so many other movies in a movie
theater not not expecting mine to be up
there and it really it just felt
amazing.
>> I have a question for you sir. What's it
like to work with such a group of rock
stars? It's absolutely amazing and it's
it's a blessing because as a program
lead, as a teacher, I can come up with,
you know, a million ideas and some
really cool concepts. Um, but if we
don't have people that buy in and want
to be a part of it, not just make it a
chore, but make it something that
they're passionate about, it just makes
it so much better.
>> One quick question for the group there
about Mr. Malberg. What's something that
maybe he's taught you or something
you've observed that has made you a
better person and you're going to take
with you forever?
>> He's definitely taught me to have more
confidence in myself. I was so scared to
put my work out there. He's definitely
helped me grow in confidence a lot. He's
helped me grow as a person in this
class. People speaking skills that, you
know, you wouldn't learn anywhere else.
>> He taught me that if you're passionate
about something, you should give it your
all. Just because one thing goes bad
doesn't mean I still can't continue and
push and still work towards it. Hey,
keep rocking it out. Keep building on
what you've already built so far. And I
can't wait to see a whole bunch of your
stuff on the big screens and uh on the
NFL sidelines.
>> Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. It
turns out that even in zero gravity, mom
is always right. During a recent spacew
walk at the International Space Station,
Russian cosminaut Sergey Kudchoff held
up a sign that read, "Mom, I've put on
my winter hat." The message was a
playful nod to the proverbial motherly
advice in Russia. Wherever you're going,
whatever you're doing, you better keep
your head warm. And if you think Russia
gets cold, try outer space. This crew
spent more than 5 hours in zero gravity
in temperatures that can dip to hundreds
of degrees below zero. The spacew walk
was a success. New solar radiation
experiment hardware was installed. No
major problems and not a single
complaint about chili heads. Keep
spreading love, y'all. And keep that
curiosity high. We're ending this show
with some shout outs to some of the best
viewers on the planet. Miss Hart at
Eagle Ridge Middle School in Ashurn,
Virginia. Happy 25th anniversary. It's
almost the last week of school and we
are pumped for you. And shout out to the
ACE crew in Windsor, Vermont. Thank you
for this 3D printed model doing my CNN
10 hands for me for whenever I need a
break. I love this so much. We are so
grateful for all of you spending part of
your day with us making an awesome one.
I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.