Tag: Waymo
Waymo Still Has A Problem Stopping For School Buses
Waymo has clearly gotten off to a great start in 2026, and the company has made a strong case already that its robotaxis are significantly safer than human drivers. However, they aren’t perfect. A Waymo robotaxi briefly blocked an ambulance responding to a shooting in Austin this week. (Though, I … [continued]
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World Models, Free Energy, and a Plastic Dinosaur
In 2020, I wrote about a meter-high robotic, smart fabric wrapped Plastic Dinosaur that gained consciousness to explore machine learning. A series of articles on the core concepts of machine learning and neural nets, as they existed then, each started with a brief story about Plastic Dinosaur as it learned … [continued]
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Apollo Go Reaches 20 Million Trips, 190 Million Fully Driverless Kilometers
We typically report on Waymo and other US-based robotaxi companies, but one of the biggest robotaxi services in the world is Baidu’s Apollo Go. It first launched fully driverless robotaxis in China on July 20, 2022, and was the first company to launch them there. Now we have news that, … [continued]
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Waymo: New City Alerts in Chicago & Charlotte
It’s almost like you can’t go a day without another Waymo announcement, or two. Just a day after Waymo started commercial robotaxi service in Orlando, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas, the company has shared that it is now readying a launch in Chicago and in Charlotte. Waymo to Chicago “It’s … [continued]
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Partnering with TechForce to Support the Workforce behind Fully Autonomous Ride-hailing
Autonomous vehicles are a growing, strategically important technology for the U.S., and new approaches are needed to help Americans of all backgrounds find opportunities as it expands. Today, we’re delighted to announce a new partnership with the TechForce Foundation, the only national nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of professional technicians … [continued]
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