The autonomous vehicle company Waymo is facing criticism for using remote operators based in the Philippines. Waymo has removed its human safety drivers from the vehicles it’s testing in Nashville. It ...

Waymo disclosed during a U.S. Senate hearing that its self-driving vehicles sometimes receive guidance from remote workers in ...

Lawmakers question behind-the-scenes human involvement as autonomous driving technology expands nationwide rapidly.

Recently, the Senate held a hearing regarding the future of autonomous vehicles with Waymo and Tesla. It started out with the ...

The company's chief safety officer testified before lawmakers on Wednesday, Feb. 4, less than two weeks after a child was hit ...

These remote drivers are based in the US and abroad, including the Philippines, and provide guidance to help the vehicles ...

Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that when the company's robotaxis encounter unusual situations, ...

Waymo Senators examined oversight, cybersecurity, and federal regulation as autonomous vehicles expand across U.S. cities.

Waymo said some remote support operators for its robotaxis are based overseas, drawing Senate scrutiny over cybersecurity, ...

When the going gets unpredictable in your Waymo, a foreign driver takes over. That’s the slightly unnerving revelation made ...

And hey, maybe the overseas remote operators senators fret about won’t be needed quite so often Waymo is rolling out its sixth-generation autonomous driving system, saying it's designed to avoid a ...

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