Nov 11, 2023
... Early in October a Cruise self-driving car ran over a woman in San Francisco and dragged her along the street. On October 24 the State of California suspended Cruise’s license to operate its fleet of driverless cars. Cruise stopped all operations in the US two days later. In the past few days reports have started emerging that indicate Cruise vehicles have difficulties identifying children. And yesterday it was announced that Cruise is removing all 950 of its driverless fleet off the road for a software update.
Things are so bad that AI expert Gary Marcus asked “Could Cruise be the Theranos of AI?”
Writer: Andrew Maynard