Alphabet’s Waymo says it is operating minivans in suburban Phoenix that drive themselves and carry passengers without a human “safety” driver behind the wheel to take over in case of a problem. The meaningfulness of that statement, made by Waymo CEO John Krafcik to several publications including Reuters, is debatable. We’ve been here before. Two years ago, Waymo said “fully self-driving cars...
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