In addition to DoorDash, Waymo is also paying users of Honk, an independent roadside assistance company, to close robotaxi doors. A recent Washington Post report said Honk users, who get paid to ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo is enlisting DoorDash Inc. drivers in Atlanta to close robotaxi doors that have been left open, letting the driverless vehicles continue on their way.

"They provide guidance." The post It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines appeared first on ...

Since Waymo doesn’t have a vehicle with automatic doors, it has to pay on gig workers for help. (The Washington Post covered this phenomenon recently.) Just another example of the invisible human ...

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

The company Waymo began testing robot taxis in New York City last year. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to allow them to be tested in ...

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

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has opened a preliminary probe into about 2,000 Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports that the company’s robotaxis may have failed ...