Waymo Pulls over, Calls Cops on Riders with a Ghost Gun

Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun

Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the […]

Waymo reports gun in self-driving car

Two minors were arrested for possessing a "ghost gun" in a self-driving car after Waymo called authorities on them, according to police and news reports.

Waymo’s Ghost-Gun Stop Exposes the Privacy Bargain Behind Robotaxi Safety

The most important unanswered fact in Waymo’s firearm incident is not whether a driverless car “called the cops.” It is whether software or a person detected the weapon. Waymo has confirmed the intervention, but it has not publicly described that detection step—and that distinction matters as Alphabet’s robotaxi company asks millions more riders to accept…

The expectations of privacy in driverless cars

Do riders in autonomous vehicles think that they are in a private space? Here's a fascinating story from California where an robotaxi was redirected from its intended destination and, instead, delivered its misbehaving passengers to the police. The 15-year-old passengers were riding in a driverless autonomous car around San Mateo Monday afternoon. The teens drank alcohol inside the Waymo taxi…

Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun — Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested

Following a tip-off from robotaxi firm Waymo, San Francisco police conducted a 'high-risk vehicle stop' and arrested two juveniles for illegal possession of a firearm.