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AI-Powered Robotaxis Had a Disastrous Month in San Francisco

Photo: Michael Vi
Photo: Michael Vi (Shutterstock)

This summer marked a pivotal inflection point for driverless cars. San Francisco, the beating heart of much of the industry, voted to allow Waymo and Cruise to operate their autonomous taxis anywhere in the city, all day. It was an immediate disaster.

Within a week of the new designation, one Crusie car lodged itself in a pool of cement. Others suffered WiFi failures that brought a city street to a standstill. More Promiscuous riders, meanwhile, turned the late-night autonomous vehicles into a personal sex palace.