Waymo’s driverless cars are about to begin an overseas adventure
Waymo’s autonomous cars are about to appear on streets outside of the U.S. for the first time. The company on Wednesday announced on social media that its autonomous cars will…
Waymo is taking its robotaxis overseas for the first time
Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends / Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends Waymo is taking its robotaxis out of the U.S. for the first time as the company begins expanding testing internationally. A fleet of…
It looks like the end of the road for Cruise robotaxis
Cruise Autonomous-driving operations at Cruise look certain to end after its main backer, General Motors (GM), said it will stop funding the initiative. GM, which has owned about 90% of…
Now anyone in LA can take Waymo robotaxi rides 24/7
It just got much easier to take a robotaxi ride in Los Angeles. Waymo announced on Tuesday that anyone in the California city can now take fully autonomous rides, removing…
Uber to bring robotaxis to its ridesharing app via Criuise deal
Cruise / Cruise Uber and autonomous-car specialist Cruise are teaming up to offer robotaxi rides from as early as next year. Ridesharing giant Uber announced the multiyear partnership on Thursday,…
Honking robotaxis are keeping San Francisco residents awake at night
There are lots of noises to keep you awake at night when you live in a big city. Think busy traffic, police sirens, barking dogs, driverless cars. Wait … driverless…
Cruise robocars make a cautious return to Houston
Cruise Robotaxi specialist Cruise is restarting tests of its autonomous vehicles on the streets of Houston, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday. Cruise’s main backer, General Motors, said on the same day that…
Waymo robotaxis now completing 50,000 paid trips a week
Waymo robotaxis are now completing more than 50,000 paid trips a month in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, according to a post on social media by the Alphabet-owned company.…
Waymo’s robotaxis head for the highway
Waymo After several years of testing its autonomous vehicles on city streets without a human engineer behind the wheel, Waymo is about to send its fully driverless cars onto freeways…
The Week When AI Got High on Its Own Supply
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Whatever you believe about the future of AI, there’s probably a cult out there for you. Ideological factions have been drawing lines for years and…