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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>An autonomous robot escaped its testing grounds and caused all sorts of traffic havoc in Perm, Russia.The robot, dubbed Promobot V3 as it's the third generation of the Promobot, is learning to move autonomously without hitting obstacles. Some time during its run-of-the-mill testing, the robot escaped through gates that an engineer forgot to close, Promobot wrote in a <a href="https://promo-bot.ru/2016/06/15/robot-sbezhal-s-testovogo-poligona/" target="_blank">blog post</a> on its website.The robot managed to roll roughly 165 feet from the testing grounds where it held up traffic for 40 minutes.It's a pretty hilarious scenario to imagine - a robot causing massive disruptions in the street, especially at a time where robots are trickling into our daily lives.But we're not exactly buying that it really escaped like Promobot claims.First of all, Promobot wrote an entire blog post on the incident, the first sentence of which reminds readers the presentations of the Promobot will start this fall. The post also ends with Promobot noting it's considering an appearance at Tech Crunch Disrupt in September 2016 to show of its latest robot.If the post were truly written to apologize for an innocent traffic disruption, it seems odd it would include two separate plugs for times you can see the robot.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Also, even though I'm a believer that mistakes can happen, it's hard to believe an engineer would leave gates open that are protecting a robot&#xa0;that probably wasn't too cheap to build.And lastly, 40 whole minutes?! Promobot really didn't realize its robot was gone for an entire 40 minutes?&#xa0;Tech Insider isn't the only news outlet skeptical that this wasn't just some big publicity stunt. <a href="http://www.it-world.ru/news/tech/84894.html" target="_blank">Russian media first reported</a> that the "escape" was a ploy to draw attention to the robot.Still, it's a pretty funny look at what happens when robots attempt to navigate the real world on their own.Promobot was not immediately available for comment.<div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/robots-could-replace-fast-food-workers-2016-5">Pizza Hut is using this robot to wait tables in Singapore</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="J0dXRyMzE6ogycYNNUYCdy06hZ-doE-T" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

A robot fled its testing site and held up a ton of traffic

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11929276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-airlines" source="Orion">United Airlines</keyword> says the Federal Aviation Administration does not have enough air traffic controllers.</li><li>The carrier blames the agency's staffing, in part, for continued flight delays and cancellations this summer.</li></ul><keyword id="11896643" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united" source="Orion">United</keyword> is blaming the Federal Aviation Administration for continued flight disruptions this summer.On Thursday, United chief operating officer Jon Roitman sent a letter to employees saying <keyword id="12988767" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="air-traffic-control" source="Orion">air traffic control</keyword> (<keyword id="12988769" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="atc" source="Orion">ATC</keyword>) staffing was, in part, the reason for thousands of flight delays and cancellations since March."We estimate that over 50% of our delay minutes and 75% of our cancels in the past four months were because of FAA traffic management initiatives — those have been particularly acute in Newark and Florida," he said. "These ATC challenges can not only disrupt the schedule, but they also cause us to burn crew time throughout the month."According to Roitman, the ATC staffing system, particularly in New York and Florida, cannot handle the high number of flights scheduled this summer."Until that is resolved, we expect the U.S. aviation system will remain challenged this summer and beyond," he said. "We're eager to do our part and will continue to stay in touch with the federal government on possible solutions that will positively impact customers."The airline received a waiver from the FAA in June to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-cutting-12-flights-summer-schedule-newark-airport-2022-6">reduce its daily departures at its Newark hub by 12%</a> to better manage the volume.Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian made similar comments about ATC staffing at an employee town hall on June 29, saying the FAA is the "most stressed" aviation organization, <a href="https://skift.com/blog/united-airlines-joins-delta-citing-air-traffic-control-for-delays/">travel news outlet Skift reported</a>. The FAA responded to United's allegations on Thursday, telling Insider in a statement that ATC staffing was not at fault for the majority of flight disruptions this summer."It is unfortunate to see United Airlines conflate weather-related Air Traffic Control measures with ATC staffing issues, which could deceptively imply that a majority of those situations are the result of FAA staffing," the FAA said. The agency explained that other factors, including weather, high flight volumes, and ATC capacity, also lead to disruptions — not just staffing."On July 3rd and 4th there were no FAA staffing-related delays at all, yet airlines still canceled over 1100 flights, a quarter of which were United Airlines flights," the agency told Insider. "We will continue to meet our responsibility to hold airlines accountable, while standing ready to collaborate where appropriate so that Americans can confidently expect safe, reliable, and affordable service whenever they purchase an airline ticket."The FAA has maintained it does not have a staffing issue, telling Insider in June that there is "not a system-wide air traffic controller shortage," despite airlines claiming otherwise.On June 24, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-traffic-control-staffing-shortage-causing-flight-cancellations-alpa-2022-6">airline lobbying group Airlines for America (A4A) sent a letter</a> to <keyword id="11894924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="transportation" source="Orion">Transportation</keyword> Secretary Pete Buttigieg saying ATC-related issues are to blame for one-third of recent US flight cancelations. The letter claimed staffing, in particular, has "led to traffic restrictions under blue sky conditions." The stat comes after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weather-and-staffing-shortages-flight-cancellations-2022-6">airlines canceled thousands of flights this summer, especially over key holiday weekends</a>, like the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/more-than-1000-flights-canceled-across-fourth-of-july-weekend-2022-7">Fourth of July</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-thousands-flight-cancellations-delays-juneteenth-holiday-weekend-airplane-travel-2022-6">Juneteenth</a>, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/memorial-day-weekend-travel-airlines-cancel-4500-flights-and-counting-2022-5">Memorial Day</a>.A4A pointed directly to the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center, which it says was understaffed for 27 of the 30 days between May 25 and June 24. <a href="https://www.faa.gov/summer-travel/meeting-summary">After a meeting with airlines</a> discussing solutions for the facility, the FAA told Insider that it has increased staffing at Jacksonville, but did not specify a number.Despite A4A's claim, Buttigieg <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-may-punish-airlines-for-flight-delays-cancellations-buttigieg-2022-6">told the Associated Press</a> on June 18 that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-may-punish-airlines-for-flight-delays-cancellations-buttigieg-2022-6">the government may punish carriers</a> for continued flight disruptions, especially after his own flight was canceled and he was forced to drive from Washington to New York instead.The secretary said on June 28 that ATC staffing was not driving flight disruptions, <a href="https://airlineweekly.com/2022/06/delta-ceo-blames-faa-for-airline-disruptions-ahead-of-busy-july-4th-weekend/?__hstc=207916688.56f02f8e6bb39d0aba38b3780eda23de.1657214096411.1657214096411.1657214096411.1&amp;__hssc=207916688.3.1657214096411&amp;__hsfp=1542169609">per Skift</a>.

United warns of even more flight delays and cancelations this summer because of an air traffic controller shortage

In a late Saturday afternoon <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/27/playstation-network-update-3/">blog post</a>, Sony acknowledged that its PlayStation Network had been "affected over the last 48 hours" as a result of "high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay."
Without actually saying it, what Sony is describing is a DDoS attack, where you&#xa0;overload servers with constant floods of bogus web traffic.
Since Wednesday, the hacker gang "Lizard Squad" has been <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/playstation-network-and-xbox-live-are-down-and-the-notorious-hacker-gang-lizard-squad-is-taking-credit-2014-12">claiming responsibility for the DDoS attacks</a>&#xa0;on PlayStation Network, as well as Xbox Live, even announcing its plan on Twitter <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/lizard-squad-hack-playstation-and-xbox-2014-12">the week before</a>.
Sony has been <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/playstation-network-is-still-down-and-nobody-knows-why-2014-12">responding to Twitter users around the clock since Wednesday</a>, but this is the first time we've actually seen a formal statement from the company.
Here is the full statement from Sony:
The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay. Multiple networks, including PSN, have been affected over the last 48 hours. PSN engineers are working hard to restore full network access and online gameplay as quickly as possible.
From time to time there may be disruptions in service due to surges in traffic, but our engineers will be working to restore service as quickly as possible.
If you received a PlayStation console over the holidays and have been unable to log onto the network, know that this problem is temporary and is not caused by your game console. We'll continue to keep you posted on&#xa0;<a href="https://twitter.com/askplaystation" target="_blank">Twitter at @AskPlayStation</a>&#xa0;and we'll update this post once the problems subside.
Thanks again for your patience.

Sony Finally Acknowledges The PlayStation Network Outages

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gatwick Airport canceled 26 flights on Tuesday due to "late-notice" staff absences.</li><li>The air traffic control staffing issues caused 13 departing and 13 arriving flights to be canceled.</li></ul>Gatwick Airport canceled flights in and out of London on Tuesday due to "late-notice" staff absences, a spokesperson confirmed to Insider. Gatwick told <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62643664">the BBC</a> that 13 departing and 13 arriving flights were canceled due to staffing issues within air traffic control.A spokesperson for the London airport told Insider: "Restrictions were put on the number of flights that could arrive into Gatwick yesterday, due to late notice staff absence in the airport's control tower. We are operating as normal today."This comes just a day after the airport announced it was lifting its passenger cap, which limited the number of travelers that could pass through the airport, and declared it was back to <a href="https://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/all/22_08_23_strong_demand_and_encouraging_air_traffic_volumes_accelerates_gatwicks_recovery.aspx?_ga=2.63429101.359082359.1661330755-1188381210.1661330755&amp;_gl=1*1we55vu*_ga*MTE4ODM4MTIxMC4xNjYxMzMwNzU1*_ga_LG87BCCTZP*MTY2MTMzMjM1MS4xLjEuMTY2MTMzMjYyMy4yOC4wLjA.">"business as usual"</a> after a chaotic summer of travel disruptions. Another London airport, Heathrow, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heathrow-airport-london-stop-selling-tickets-caps-passengers-travel-chaos-2022-7?r=US&amp;IR=T">extended its passenger cap</a> by a month on August 15. This led major UK airline British Airways (BA) to cut a proportion of its scheduled winter flights, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62637616">The BBC reported</a>.There have been several reports of airport staffing issues disrupting travel this summer. Earlier this month, an anonymous pilot based in Manchester Airport told <a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/airport-chaos-inside-pilots-loading-luggage-mountains-bags-2023-travel-crisis-1790136">iNews</a> that although staffing issues and travel disruptions were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/travel-chaos-pilot-flight-cleaning-planes-loading-bags-staffing-issues-2022-8?r=US&amp;IR=T">generally improving</a>, "as soon as one or two people start ringing in sick that whole kind of supply chain starts falling apart."Staff at Gatwick's air traffic control center are employed by Air Navigation Solutions (ANS), rather than directly by the airport. Representatives for ANS did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of normal working hours.An ANS spokesperson told the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62643664">BBC</a> on Tuesday that the company regretted any issues caused, saying it was "working closely" with the airport and airlines to minimize disruption.The spokesperson said: "Despite thorough planning and pre-emptive contingency measures in place to address any potential issues, our capacity is currently being slightly affected by a series of isolated cases of short-notice sickness amongst our team of skilled air traffic controllers at London Gatwick."It added: "This, coupled with delays in Europe, has resulted in a small reduction in operations today."

London airport cancels 26 flights at the last minute a day after claiming it was 'business as usual'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary called for the UK air traffic control boss to resign after flight chaos.</li><li>Over 500 flights were delayed at London Gatwick and Heathrow due to bad weather and staff shortages.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ryanair-ceo-says-potential-100-million-bonus-is-very-good-value-2024-3">Ryanair CEO</a> Michael O'Leary has called for the boss of UK air traffic control to resign in the wake of flight chaos.More than 45% of flights out of London Gatwick and London Heathrow Airports — totalling over 500 — were delayed on Sunday, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/minus3days">FlightAware</a> data.At Gatwick, where Ryanair operates some flights, 57 flights were canceled, per FlightAware.Sunday saw bad weather in London but there were also <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airport-collision-close-call-solutions-sleep-runways-air-traffic-controllers-2024-2">staff shortages in air traffic control</a>.O'Leary blamed Michael Rolfe, the CEO of NATS, which provides air traffic control services in the UK."This is the latest in a long line of cock-ups by UK NATS, which has yet again disrupted multiple flights and thousands of passengers at Gatwick," the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ryanair-flight-review-first-time-bag-fees-charges-wasnt-convinced-2024-4">Ryanair</a> boss said. "Airlines and passengers deserve better."He added, "Ryanair again calls on UK NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe to step down and allow someone competent to run an efficient UK ATC service, which airlines and passengers are entitled to expect."NATS did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider on O'Leary's remarks.It's not the first time the outspoken boss of Europe's busiest airline has publicly criticized Rolfe.After air traffic controller shortages during a national holiday last summer, O'Leary called for Rolfe to step down. In a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/comedy-gold-as-1-4m-nats-ceo-martin-rolfe-lectures-airspace-conference-on-ensuring-business-continuity-while-he-delivers-uk-atc-failures/">statement</a>, he referred to the regulator's report that 700,000 passengers were disrupted.At a Tuesday press conference with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wizz-airbus-a321xlr-passengers-london-saudi-arabia-suffer-pain-2024-9">Wizz Air</a>, the CEO of London Gatwick Airport also answered questions about NATS."I can assure you that step by step, they're getting stronger," Stewart Wingate said."I remain confident that they will overall deliver very good levels of service, but will not rest until they offer seamless service to ourselves, our airlines and our passengers," he added.A NATS spokesperson told the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xlz11r919o">BBC</a>: "We are very sorry for [Sunday's] disruption which was also disappointing for our highly professional Gatwick team, who are doing all they can to provide a seamless 24/7 service."They added that when Gatwick appointed the organization to improve ATC performance, "everyone knew we had inherited a staff shortage that would take time to fix."

Europe's biggest airline boss is calling for the resignation of a top air traffic controller over flight chaos in London

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Flights to and from the UK are facing some delays after air traffic control problems.</li><li>National Air Traffic Service said on Monday afternoon the issue had been "identified and remedied."</li></ul>Flights to and from the UK faced delays Monday after the country's air traffic control operator suffered technical problems.Britain's National Air Traffic Service (NATS) told Insider said it had "applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety" after experiencing a "technical issue" affecting its flight-planning system. The issue had affected the system's ability to automatically process flight plans, meaning that they had to be processed manually "which cannot be done at the same volume, hence the requirement for traffic flow restrictions," it said.NATS said in an update Monday afternoon that it had "identified and remedied" the problem and was working closely with airlines and airports to manage the affected flights. It apologized for the disruption and said that passengers should check the status of their flight with their airline, it added.The problems come at the end of a holiday weekend in the UK.A representative for Heathrow, Britain's biggest airport, said on Monday morning: "As a result of national airspace issues there is disruption to flights across the UK. Passengers are advised to check with their airline for the latest information. We are working closely with NATS and other airport partners to minimise the impact this has on passengers.""Delays, and cancellations are likely" at London Gatwick Airport, a representative told Insider. Manchester Airport similarly <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/manairport/status/1696172326843294170">said</a> there were still delays and cancellations on Monday afternoon.Stansted, another London airport, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/STN_Airport/status/1696133019180872096">posted on X</a> it was "operating as normal" but told Insider in a statement that it the problems were "likely" to affect some flights.Edinburgh <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/EDI_Airport/status/1696130860225790376">told passengers</a> they shouldn't come to the airport without first checking the status of their flight with their airline.Passengers posted on X that they had been stuck on the tarmac waiting for their flights to and from the UK to depart.CBS reporter Emmet Lyons <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/EmmetlyonsCBS/status/1696103791555170560">posted on X</a> that he was waiting on an easyJet plane to take off from Majorca, Spain when the pilot told passengers that there was an issue with UK air traffic control.He posted a <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/EmmetlyonsCBS/status/1696108316974280932">screenshot</a> of a travel update from EasyJet, which said that the issue affected "all flights due to fly into or out of United Kingdom airspace," and that other routes could experience knock-on effects, too.Another passenger <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/scviz/status/1696119609940644337?s=20">posted on X</a> that she had similarly been sat on a plane at Shannon Airport, Ireland, for an hour.

Air traffic controllers had to process flight plans by hand after a 'technical issue' caused travel chaos in the UK

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>London Mayor Boris Johnson just got final approval Wednesday for his ambitious plan to reshuffle the city's roads into a more cycling-friendly format. The plan includes the creation of "cycling superhighways" through the British capital.
Traffic lanes will be converted, new curbs installed, and parking spaces moved to put Johnson's plan for the bike lanes with dedicated traffic signals in place. "Quietways" will also be installed, which are less segregated bike lanes on streets with less traffic.
There will be two main highway lanes - one north-south, and another traveling east-west - and the project is expected to cost $240 million, according to <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015-02-04/boris-johnsons-flagship-policy-to-revolutionise-cycling-in-london-set-to-get-the-final-go-ahead-today/">Britain's ITV</a>.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>These improvements, all part of London's massive $6 billion <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/road-modernisation-plan">Road Modernization Plan</a>, will reshape and modernize some of London's busiest intersections and roads, creating a very different flow of traffic in the British capital.
London's City Hall has reportedly also admitted this may cause traffic disruptions for motorists, though this worry hasn't borne out in <a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6121129/bike-lanes-traffic-new-york">other cities with dedicated bike lanes</a>. Some taxi and business groups opposed the plan because of this, however, as well as the plan to ban vehicle turns at some intersections where turning is currently legal, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2015/jan/28/londons-cycling-superhighway-may-inspire-similar-schemes-across-the-uk">according to the Guardian.</a>
For a look at how drastically the roads will change, check out Transport for London's map of the changes below.
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Johnson is famous for his championing of bike riding in London and was a main proponent of London's bike share program, which have been named "Boris bikes" in his honor. Cycling has doubled in London in recent years, but that rise is correlated with a rise in deaths from bicycle collisions with larger motor vehicles, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/04/383789890/bikes-only-london-approves-new-cyclist-superhighway-plan">according to NPR.</a>
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London just approved a new plan for 'cycle superhighways' - here's what they'll look like

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Tablet-wielding consumers are driving more traffic to e-commerce sites as well. Twelve percent of e-commerce site traffic in the first quarter came from tablets, compared to just 9% for the year 2013. 
As a result, the share of e-commerce shopping traffic from PCs has declined dramatically in recent months.
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<ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 800 <keyword id="6367662" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flights" source="Orion">flights</keyword> across the US were cancelled on Sunday, according to data from FlightAware.</li><li>Over 6,500 US flights were also delayed on Sunday as <keyword id="11896628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="travel" source="Orion">travel</keyword> chaos hits the airline industry.</li></ul>More than 800 flights across the US were cancelled on Sunday, according to data from flight tracking website, <a href="https://uk.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/yesterday">FlightAware,</a> as 2022's summer of travel chaos continued at speed.Delta canceled 235 flights, while Southwest <keyword id="11898285" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="airlines" source="Orion">Airlines</keyword> canceled 105 flights, and American Airlines canceled 104 flights, according to the data.Over 6,500 US flights were also delayed on the same day, per FlightAware.Travel disruptions have escalated throughout the busy summer period, as airlines have trimmed their flight schedules or canceled operations to cope with staff shortages, <keyword id="12019709" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="delays" source="Orion">delays</keyword>, and surging demand for travel. The situation has been particularly disruptive over holiday weekends. US airlines canceled or delayed more than <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weather-and-staffing-shortages-flight-cancellations-2022-6?inline-endstory-related-recommendations=&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T">35,000 flights over the Juneteenth and Father's Day weekend.</a>The cancellations are causing chaos at <keyword id="11921290" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="airports" source="Orion">airports</keyword> across the US, as demand for travel returns to levels seen before the pandemic. Airlines are grappling with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-airlines-cutting-training-requirements-to-get-more-pilots-shortage-2022-5?r=US&amp;IR=T">pilot shortages </a>caused by the pandemic and are now struggling to recruit and retain the numbers needed to keep up with travel demand. United Airlines has also cited a<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-06-20/top-priority-is-more-slots-at-jfk-united-airlines-ceo-video?sref=lAVQtUwz"> shortage of air traffic controllers</a> as a reason for the disruptions. The airline recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-cutting-12-flights-summer-schedule-newark-airport-2022-6?inline-endstory-related-recommendations=&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T">cut 12% of its schedule</a> from Newark Airport hub to avoid delays.Other airlines have also preemptively slashed their summer schedules to avoid delays, including <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/british-airways-cuts-flight-schedule-staff-shortages-2022-5?r=US&amp;IR=T">Alaska Airlines and JetBlue.</a>A spokesperson for Delta told Insider that "higher-than-planned unscheduled absences in some of our work groups, weather and air traffic control constraints," affected flights over the weekend.Southwest Airlines attributed the situation to "thunderstorms along the Eastern seaboard, especially around the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, which resulted in route constraints and air traffic control programs," according to a Spokesperson. A travel analyst <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weather-and-staffing-shortages-flight-cancellations-2022-6?inline-endstory-related-recommendations=&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T">previously told Insider</a> that bad weather and the upcoming hurricane season threatens to worsen the situation.American Airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider outside normal business hours.

The summer of air travel chaos continued with almost 900 flights cancelled and 6,500 delayed on Sunday

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Google's new AI products may be making some start-ups nervous.</li><li>An AI-enhanced Google Search and email assistant could threaten smaller AI companies.</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-killer-ai-app-consumers-2024-5">Google has new AI products</a> — and they might be making some start-ups nervous.The company unveiled several of its AI efforts at its I/O conference on Tuesday, including a flashy <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-ai-announcement-gemini-io-event-2024-5">AI-enhanced Google Search</a> and an assistant that can <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-gmail-of-the-future-looks-incredible-integrated-ai-assistant-2024-5">summarize and sort through Gmail</a>.The announcements were followed by social media chatter claiming Google's new launches would "kill" email and browser-based agents, <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/sidi_jeddou_dev/status/1790447336520380462?s=46">including Perplexity AI</a>.Founded by former Google and OpenAI employees, Perplexity's product is an AI chatbot search engine that provides conversational answers.Google's new AI-enhanced search promises to do pretty much the same thing — but already benefits from a loyal user base. This could allow users to abandon tools like Perplexity AI and go straight to Google for their AI needs instead.It's not the first time Big Tech has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-chatgpt-pdfs-ai-startups-wrappers-2023-10">wreaked havoc on smaller players</a>.Last year, a minor update to ChatGPT that allowed it to interact with PDFs threatened to make startups building "wrappers" for AI chatbots redundant. As Business Insider's Hasan Chowdhury noted at the time, startups <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-openai-moat-in-ai-wars-llama2-shrinking-2023-7">without a moat</a> to make them significantly different from competitors are at risk of being plundered.Google's new AI search is also making creators nervous that web traffic could be disrupted.<a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-future-ai-agents-project-astra-2024-5">The company's new vision for search</a> could transform how the internet has worked for decades. Instead of displaying a list of links to answer queries, it could send users automated answers and disrupt the flow of traffic around the web.A lot of internet creators rely on SEO to drive clicks, bring traffic, and advertising revenue.Google appears to be aware of some of the hand-wringing. In a blog post, search chief Liz Reid addressed concerns that the changes could result in fewer website visits."We see that the links included in AI Overviews get more clicks than if the page had appeared as a traditional web listing for that query," she wrote. "As we expand this experience, we'll continue to focus on sending valuable traffic to publishers and creators."A Google spokesperson told Business Insider that AI Overviews would show more links and link to a wider range of the results page. They said AI Overviews would increase Search usage, allowing it to continue to send traffic to the web.

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