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Uber CEO warns robotaxis can't find a fast route to commercial viability
Fleets built to handle peak demand will lose money, leaving humans driving to the rescue
Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 48
Waymo
Waymo is a self-driving vehicle business started by Alphabet in 2009. It builds operating systems for cars and commercial vehicles.
Kamala Harris campaign motorcade halted by confused robotaxis
Is this AI showing the would-be leader of the free world who's really the boss?
AI + ML30 Sep 2024 | 105
What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? 'We are cooked'
Feature Robotaxis, low pay may be end of the road for app cabbies in San Francisco
AI + ML07 Sep 2024 | 159
Waymo robotaxis set to cruise past red tape into LA and beyond
Google's self-driving cars can be tested in way mo' streets now
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 9
Waymo issues software fix after driverless taxi hits telephone pole
NHTSA already probing robo-car biz over crashes with 'clearly visible objects'
AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 27
Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year
Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly?
Personal Tech17 May 2024 | 18
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US watchdog chases Waymo robocars to catch violations
Reports of collisions with stationary objects and failing to obey traffic laws
Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 28
Waymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by unicyclists
Strange tales from San Francisco
AI + ML23 Apr 2024 | 64
Uber Eats to rid itself of pesky human drivers with food delivery by robo Waymo
First they came for the taxis and I did nothing because I was not a taxi driver
Personal Tech03 Apr 2024 | 40
Microsoft trying to stop Copilot generating fake Putin comments on Navalny's death
AI in brief Plus: US Department of Justice has hired its first chief AI officer
AI + ML26 Feb 2024 | 51
Waymo services driverless car software after Phoenix truck collision
Alphabet owned autonomous vehicle biz files voluntary recall report
AI + ML14 Feb 2024 | 11
Angry mob trashes and sets fire to Waymo self-driving car
San Franciscans turn on empty robotaxi without apparent motive
AI + ML12 Feb 2024 | 109
Driverless cars swerve traffic tickets in California even if they break the law
Updated Arizona and Texas are ahead in terms of regulating autonomous vehicles
AI + ML02 Jan 2024 | 97
Cruise self-driving taxi gets wheels stuck in wet cement
This is not the robotaxi future that was promised
AI + ML16 Aug 2023 | 40
Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds
Just a day after getting green light to expand autonomous ops
AI + ML14 Aug 2023 | 51
Waymo robo-car slays dog in San Francisco
Deadly accident said to be unavoidable
AI + ML07 Jun 2023 | 72
San Francisco fog defeats pack of Waymo robo-taxis
Software fix coming – that'll be a braking change we'd actually like to see
AI + ML12 Apr 2023 | 45
Waymo robo taxis rack up a million miles without killing anyone
It works! Now let's cut staff by 8%
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 13
Microsoft said to be thinking of sinking $10m into self-driving truck startup
Because it's all going so well for Tesla and co
Software06 Jan 2023 | 38
Waymo turns its driverless cars into roving weather stations
Maybe now San Francisco will allow it to operate in the fog and rain?
AI + ML15 Nov 2022 | 9
Tesla Autopilot accounts for 70% of driver assist crashes, says US traffic safety body
First of its kind report from NHTSA comes with caveats, though – the new tech also saves lives
AI + ML15 Jun 2022 | 58
Enemies Waymo, Uber now friends making self-driving-ish trucks for US highways
When you think about it, it makes cents
AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 14
Biting the hand that feeds IT
