Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.

The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
LAist

Waymo’s autonomous taxis now offering trips on LA freeways. Here’s what you need to know

This week’s announcement comes after nearly a year of test rides on freeways in the region with Waymo employees.

Google wants to bring its driverless taxis to Sydney’s streets

Google’s parent company Alphabet is getting ready to bring its Waymo self-driving taxis to Australian roads. The tech giant ...

With freeway reveal, Waymo takes major step toward its grandest ambitions

Waymo’s Bay Area expansion just reached a major milestone. On Wednesday, the robotaxi company connected its San Francisco and ...

Google’s top AI executive seeks the profound over profits and the “prosaic”

Demis Hassabis has spent much of the past decade trying to unlock the secrets of the universe through artificial intelligence ...
Tech Xplore

Big platforms chart gradual path to self-driving at Web Summit

Major Western ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft sketched a gradual path toward introducing self-driving cars at this ...

Waymo’s Robotaxis Can Now Use the Highway, Speeding Up Longer Trips

The Alphabet company’s self-driving cars are opening up shop in more and more cities. Now—finally—they’re taking to the ...

Waymo self-driving cars are ‘learning’ Denver’s streets. But Colorado has no regulatory oversight of autonomous vehicles.

The Waymo expansion here accelerates the spread of machine-learning technology and may help self-driving cars overcome a ...
KHQ

Uber plans San Francisco robotaxis in Waymo challenge

Uber said Wednesday it will launch its own robotaxi service in San Francisco late next year, taking on Google-owned Waymo on the rideshare giant's home streets. The announcement came a day after Uber ...

Waymo co-CEO says society will accept a death caused by one of her company’s robotaxis

Waymo co-CEO says society will accept a death caused by one of her company’s robotaxis - Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said the company keeps its safety record available to the public, and challenged ...
TechCrunch

Waymo’s co-CEO on the challenge of scaling robotaxis safely

Waymo’s co-CEO, Tekedra Mawakana, had a clear message during her interview on the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 stage Monday: “It is imperative that we scale.” Mawakana was speaking in the context of how ...