Published on: 2025-04-20 17:20:55
SAN FRANCISCO — How does a start-up founder hire a software engineer or a tech worker find a date in 2025? They could share a job posting on LinkedIn, log on to a dating app — or leave a handwritten note in a Waymo. That’s what Influur CEO Alessandra Angelini was thinking when she and Jennifer Lo Chan, Influur’s head of marketing, tucked a piece of paper into a self-driving taxi’s center console on a recent trip to San Francisco. “Looking to hire senior software engineers to work on AI/music pr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 07:00:00
Table of Contents Uber Opens Up Its Waymo Robotaxi Waitlist in Atlanta Uber riders in Atlanta will soon have the option to hail a very futuristic ride. The company said Tuesday it's opening up its interest list for people who want to hop in a Waymo driverless vehicle. Joining the list will increase someone's chances of being matched with a robotaxi when the service launches in Atlanta this summer. This is the latest expansion of Uber and Waymo's partnership. The companies have already teamed u
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Table of Contents Uber Opens Up Its Robotaxi Waitlist in Atlanta Uber riders in Atlanta will soon have the option to hail a very futuristic ride. The company said Tuesday it's opening up its interest list for people who want to hop in a Waymo driverless vehicle. Joining the list will increase someone's chances of being matched with a robotaxi when the service launches in Atlanta this summer. This is the latest expansion of Uber and Waymo's partnership. The companies have already teamed up in P
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Uber is inviting customers in Atlanta to join a list if they’re interested in hailing a Waymo robotaxi as the companies prepare to launch a commercial service in the city. Uber and Waymo last September announced plans to offer a robotaxi service in Austin and Atlanta in early 2025 as part of an expanded partnership. In March, the companies started offering the “Waymo on Uber” robotaxi service in Austin, about a month after opening an “interest list” to customers. The companies said on Tuesday
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On April 14, Waymo will start testing its robotaxi technology outside the US for the first time. As Yomiuri Shimbun reports, the company will deploy 25 of its electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles in Tokyo for the initial phase of its testing program. Waymo is taking it slow and will not be operating them without a driver behind the wheel yet, however. Drivers from Tokyo taxi company Nihon Kotsu Co. will be driving the cars around Chiyoda, Minato, Shinjuku and four other wards in the Japanese capital.
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Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the driverless arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, expand into more cities -- and countries. On Wednesday, Waymo said it'll begin driving its vehicles on Tokyo's streets, making this the company's first international location. Waymo announced the expansion in December, which is happening in partnership with Japanese taxi service Nihon Kotsu and taxi app Go. Now, the US-based company is finally re
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is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Next week, Waymo’s driverless vehicles will begin testing on public roads in Japan for the Alphabet company’s first international trip. Waymo has yet to confirm whether it will eventually launch a commercial robotaxi service in the country, but the company is still celebrating the excursion as a “significant milestone.” Wa
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In Brief A Waymo robotaxi caused a traffic jam at a Chick-fil-A in Santa Monica, California, this week after getting stuck in the fast food restaurant’s drive-through lane. Waymo confirmed the incident, which was first reported by local broadcast station KTLA 5, to TechCrunch via email. Waymo told TechCrunch that there weren’t any passengers in the robotaxi. The Waymo robotaxi had dropped off a passenger in the parking lot of the Chick-fil-A. However, the robotaxi was unable to complete a mult
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In Brief A Waymo robotaxi caused a traffic jam at a Chick-fil-A in Santa Monica, California this week after getting stuck in the fast food restaurant’s drive-thru lane. Waymo confirmed the incident, which was first reported by local broadcast station KTLA 5, to TechCrunch via email. Waymo told TechCrunch that there weren’t any passengers in the robotaxi. The Waymo robotaxi had dropped off a passenger in the parking lot of the Chick-fil-A. However, the robotaxi was unable to complete a multi-po
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Waymo is preparing to use data from its robotaxis, including video from interior cameras tied to rider identities, to train generative AI models, according to an unreleased version of its privacy policy found by researcher Jane Manchun Wong, raising fresh questions about how much of a rider’s behavior inside autonomous vehicles could be repurposed for AI training. The draft language also reveals Waymo may also share rider data to personalize ads. This isn’t new; Waymo already collects personal
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A hot potato: There were worrying reports yesterday that Waymo is considering using footage from its vehicles' interior cameras to train AI models and sell ads to riders. Now, the robotaxi company has responded, announcing that it has "no plans" to use the data for targeted ads. Researcher Jane Manchun Wong wrote in an X post that, according to an unreleased version of its privacy policy, Waymo is working on generative AI training using interior camera data associated with a rider's identity.
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Rumors circulated today that robotaxi company Waymo might use data from vehicles' interior cameras to train AI and sell targeted ads to riders. However, the company has tried to quell concerns, insisting that it won't be targeting ads to passengers. The situation arose after researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong discovered an unreleased version of Waymo's privacy policy that suggested the robotaxi company could start using data from its vehicles to train generative AI. The draft policy has
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The privacy risks posed by the artificial intelligence industry are slowly coming into view. Alphabet’s robotaxi business, Waymo, says it may use videos of passengers captured by in-vehicle cameras to sell ads and train its AI models. TechCrunch reports that the unreleased policy was originally spotted by reliable software researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who posted about it on X on Saturday. A screenshot provided by Wong shows the terms of use that the robotaxi company plans to ask riders to comp
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is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Waymo has “no plans” to use footage from cameras inside its robotaxis to train AI models for targeted ads, spokesperson Julia Ilina said in an email to The Verge. Ilina was responding to an unreleased page from Waymo’s privacy policy that appears to offer customers the ability to opt-out from having their “personal informa
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Waymo is preparing to use data from its robotaxis, including video from interior cameras tied to rider identities, to train generative AI models, according to an unreleased version of its privacy policy found by researcher Jane Manchun Wong. The draft language reveals Waymo may also share this data to personalize ads, raising fresh questions about how much of a rider’s behavior inside autonomous vehicles could be repurposed for AI training and marketing. Waymo is working on Generative AI train
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The first ever fatal crash involving a fully driverless vehicle occurred in San Francisco on January 19. The driverless vehicle belonged to Waymo, but the crash was not Waymo’s fault. Here’s what happened: A Waymo with no driver or passengers stopped for a red light. Another car stopped behind the Waymo. Then, according to Waymo, a human-driven SUV rear-ended the other vehicles at high speed, causing a six-car pileup that killed one person and injured five others. Someone’s dog also died in the
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Waymo is continuing to expand its foothold across the US, having recently started offering paid robotaxi services in more parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Next up are Atlanta and Miami , and now the company has revealed plans to offer its driverless Waymo One service in the nation's capital in 2026. Before that can happen, though, Waymo will need to get approval from regulators. The company says it will "continue to work closely with policymakers to formalize the regulations needed to opera
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Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo -- the driverless arm of Google's parent company Alphabet -- expand into more cities. On Tuesday, the company shared it's expanding into Washington, DC, and will offer rides through its Waymo One app there starting in 2026. Waymo currently operates fully autonomous rides for the general public in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. In January, the company returned to the nation's cap
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Waymo said Tuesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides via the Waymo One app in Washington, D.C., in 2026. Before it can launch commercially, the company will have to up its lobbying game in the capital, where autonomous vehicle permits still require a human behind the wheel. The news from Waymo comes as the Alphabet-owned company aggressively expands its robotaxi coverage to cement its lead ahead of potential competitors like Amazon’s Zoox and Elon Musk’s Tesla. Musk said Tesla will launch
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Waymo self-driving cars with roof-mounted sensor arrays traveling near palm trees and modern buildings along the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, February 21, 2025. Waymo's officially on its way to the nation's capital. The Alphabet -owned autonomous driving robotaxi service will be available in Washington, D.C., in 2026, the company announced Tuesday. "I've experienced firsthand how safely the Waymo Driver operates around pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users," said G
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is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Waymo announced that Washington, DC will be its next robotaxi city. The company aims to launch its Waymo One ridehailing service in the nation’s capitol in 2026 — though it acknowledged that it will first need to change the city law prohibiting fully autonomous vehicles without safety drivers. Currently, companies that wan
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Waymo said Tuesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides via the Waymo One app in Washington D.C. in 2026. Before it can launch commercially, the company will have to up its lobbying game in the capitol, where autonomous vehicle permits still require a human behind the wheel. The news from Waymo comes as the Alphabet-owned company aggressively expands its robotaxi coverage to cement its lead ahead of potential competitors like Amazon’s Zoox and Elon Musk’s Tesla. Musk said Tesla will launch a
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The slow but steady advance of driverless vehicles 4 hours ago Share Save Ian Rose Business reporter Share Save Watch: Man trapped in driverless car as it spins in circles Mike Johns didn't expect his return trip from Los Angeles to Scottsdale, Arizona in December to go viral. To get to the airport he booked a driverless taxi and enjoyed a thrill when he jumped in with curious bystanders looking on. But he got much more attention than he bargained for. Mr Johns found himself being driven arou
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 09:48:19
Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step in the Alphabet company’s bid to unlock a potentially lucrative use case for its robotaxis. The temporary permit, which was announced Monday evening by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, kicked off March 14. Waymo vehicles will not operate autonomously in the airport. Employees will manually drive the vehicles to map the area. However, the permit signals the b
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! For regular readers of TechCrunch Mobility, you may be wondering, “Why did this newsletter land in my inbox on Friday?” Folks, we’re moving days in an effort to bring you a more complete rundown of the news of the week. I spent the last week at SXSW, the annual tech, film, comedy, and music festival in Austin. I recommend scrollin
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San Francisco has found a nice new revenue stream: Hitting self-driving Waymos with traffic citations. The city cited Waymo vehicles 589 times in 2024 for a grand total of $65,065 in penalties. The violations ranged from blocking street traffic to parking in prohibited areas. Google-owned Waymo operates 300 vehicles in San Francisco that are available to the public, meaning that they have received less than two tickets a day on average. Waymo told TechCrunch that they are working on the citatio
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In Brief Waymo now has more than 300 driverless vehicles zipping passengers around San Francisco, but while they follow traffic laws, parking is another matter entirely. According to city records cited by the Washington Post, these rolling robots racked up 589 citations totaling $65,065 in fines last year for parking violations that ranged from blocking traffic to street-cleaning restrictions to parking in prohibited areas. In fairness to Waymo, getting a parking ticket in San Francisco is agg
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Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, made it clear on Wednesday: he believes the company’s decision to abandon its autonomous driving program was a mistake. Said Kalanick at the Abundance Summit in L.A., “Look, [new management] killed the autonomous car project we had going on. At the time, we were really only behind Waymo but probably catching up, and we were going to pass them in short order . . . I wasn’t running the company when that happened, but you know, you could say, ‘Wish we had an
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In Brief Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, made it clear on Wednesday: he believes the company’s decision to abandon its autonomous driving program was a mistake. Said Kalanick at the Abundance Summit in L.A., “Look, [new management] killed the autonomous car project we had going on. At the time, we were really only behind Waymo but probably catching up, and we were going to pass them in short order . . . I wasn’t running the company when that happened, but you know, you could say, ‘Wish
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 06:15:28
Waymo is expanding to new (but actually old) territory. The Waymo One service will soon be available in more of the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto and parts of Sunnyvale. The company spent several years testing its self-driving cars in Mountain View, the city where its headquarters is located. According to TechCrunch , Waymo One will be available across 27 square miles of Silicon Valley, in addition to the 55 square miles it covers elsewhere in the Bay
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