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Wuhan police: Chinese robotaxis stall in apparent 'malfunction'

A string of self-driving robotaxis owned by Chinese internet giant Baidu stalled in central China, stranding passengers after an apparent "system malfunction", police said Wednesday.

US agency deepens probe into Tesla self-driving technology

The US road safety authority said it was deepening its investigation into Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system over concerns about its performance in poor visibility.

Trapped! Inside a self-driving car during an anti-robot attack

In San Francisco, some passengers of autonomous taxis have experienced an unexpected hazard: being stuck in the vehicles when the cars are assaulted.

Robotaxis could see ‘public backlash’ amid job loss fears, study says

As San Diego awaits the state's review of its anti-Waymo protest, a new study reveals widespread fear that robotaxis could cost jobs, exacerbate income inequality and cause broader economic disruption.

Are you nodding off? How AI could soon keep humans awake in robocars

Sit in the driver's seat of a robot vehicle and you can theoretically take your hands off the steering wheel and even your eyes off the road ahead – but you need to be ready at all times to quickly take control again if alerted.

Robotaxis are coming to London. The city's famed black cab drivers are skeptical

The Ford Mustang Mach-E cruises down a London road choked with traffic, using its onboard AI system to avoid jaywalkers and cyclists, and navigate roadwork as it drives to its destination

Human minds are 'unprepared' for self-driving cars, expert warns

Self-driving vehicles and people are dangerously out of sync, according to an engineer, who warns in a new book that the technology imposes "a strange new role" that human thought processes "weren't designed for."

Waymo tries finding DoorDash drivers to shut open robotaxi doors

Alphabet Inc's Waymo is enlisting DoorDash Inc drivers in Atlanta to close robotaxi doors that have been left open, letting the driverless vehicles continue on their way.

Chinese scientists help create a ‘machine eye’ that may be faster than human vision

A new type of hardware inspired by the brain increases machine vision speed by four times, bringing revolutionary safety breakthroughs.

Tesla 2.0: What customers think of Model S demise, Optimus robot rise

Many of Tesla's 7 million owners have turned their passion and knowledge of the company's products into market wealth. Could personal robots engender the same passion?