Google's Self-Driving Waymo Cars Appear to Stall, Block Traffic Out of Portola Festival

Google's Self-Driving Waymo Cars Appear to Stall, Block Traffic Out of Portola Festival

The future of transportation hit a speed bump over the weekend outside San Francisco’s Portola Music Festival, where at least two of Google’s autonomous Waymo vehicles appeared to malfunction and block traffic. The two-day electronic […]

Hiltzik: A top roboticist douses hype about AI, self-driving cars

Rodney Brooks

If you’re a fan of techno-hype, 2023 was the year for you. Believers felt themselves validated by seeing excitement and fear about AI chatbots reach previously untouched heights. Skeptics may have felt initially confounded by […]

Column: Self-driving Waymo cars might worsen L.A. traffic

Column: Self-driving Waymo cars might worsen L.A. traffic

For some reason — no one seems to know just why — the self-driving cars can’t stay away from a random sleepy block in Santa Monica. You can see for yourself: Get a cup of […]

Sony Honda Mobility may put PS5 in its self-driving EV to take on Tesla

A PlayStation 5 DualSense controller rests on a PlayStation 5 console.

Sony and Honda are mulling cramming a PS5 into their upcoming entertainment-focused electric vehicle as they set up to challenge Tesla (via Eurogamer). Speaking to the Financial Times, Izumi Kawanishi, the joint venture’s president, said […]