Gavin Newsom Under Fire From Teamsters Over Veto of Driverless Truck Bill
Big tech companies want to put big, driverless trucks on the road, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ready to help them reach that goal. Now the Democratic mainstay is…
A Robotaxi Was Blamed for a San Francisco Man’s Death But He Was Actually Hit By a City Bus
A couple of weeks ago, as San Francisco emergency responders attempted to pull away from a scene where a man had been seriously injured, a pair of Cruise robotaxis allegedly…
Tesla Speeds Toward Twin Trials Over Autopilot-Related Crashes
Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Tesla has certainly been overly ambitious in advertising an Autopilot feature that doesn’t really work, and now it’s facing legal ramifications over its cars’ self-driving…
AI This Week: Cruise Veers Off Course
Headlines This Week In a big win for human artists, a Washington D.C. judge has ruled that AI-generated art lacks copyright protections. Meta has released SeamlessM4T, an automated speech and…
Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says
Driverless car systems have a bias problem, according to a new study from Kings College London. The study examined eight AI-powered pedestrian detection systems used for autonomous driving research. Researchers…
San Francisco Begs California to Pause Waymo & Cruise Robotaxi Infestation
A Waymo robotaxi on the streets of San Francisco. Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) The future is nigh, but San Francisco wants to push it off just a little farther.…
Self-Driving Car in San Francisco Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete
A Cruise self-driving car in action on the streets of San Francisco. Image: Michael Vi (Shutterstock) Self-driving cars are one of the funniest broken promises of the modern age. Far…
California Lets Self-Driving Taxis Loose In San Francisco All Day and Night
Nascent robotaxi services Waymo and Cruise are going to be out in force on the Streets of San Francisco like rambunctious, autonomous, teenaged hooligans after a state public utilities body…
Want Free Self-Driving Mode In Your Tesla? Researchers Found a Jailbreak
Photo: TierneyMJ / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) A group of researchers has discovered a technique to jailbreak a Tesla’s infotainment system, unlocking Full Self-Driving, heated seats, and other paid features for the…
Apple’s rumored car could cost the same as a Tesla Model S
A report on Tuesday suggests Apple has made significant changes to its plan for an autonomous car, while some elements have yet to be agreed upon.