Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxis Gain Popularity, Optimize Safety Using AI

When Will We Pay a Premium for AI Labor? by @ttunguz

AI agents are increasingly outperforming humans in various tasks, yet they typically cost 70% to 80% less. Will they ever be able to charge a premium? Waymo has reduced accidents by 82 to 92 percent in San Francisco. Waymos monitor more sensors, don’t fatigue, and react more quickly than humans. But, Waymo is often 13-33% cheaper than alternatives. Within medicine, recent studies suggest AI can be at least as accurate as human doctors, in the ev…

Waymo’s self-driving taxis gain popularity, optimize safety using AI

Junior Angelika Gera watched as her ride pulled up beside the sidewalk. It looked like a fairly normal car, except for the cameras on its side and the cylinder at the top of its head. That is a Waymo taxi, one of many in San Francisco. “It was my first time, and I wasn’t expecting it to drive that well,” Gera said. “I would say it was very, very precise (and) pretty fast.” Self-driving car company Waymo launched its self-driving taxi service las…

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle company, the conglomerate behind Google, is no longer being a futuristic promise to become a tangible solution in key cities in the United States. With operations in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin, and expansion plans to Miami and Atlanta, Waymo is redefining how we move in big cities. Unlike other companies that still test their technologies, Waymo already offers fully functional robotax…