After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai
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THE AI ANGLE
Controlling steering and adaptive cruise in aftermarket driver assistance systemsFederal safety regulators opened an investigation into comma.ai after five crashes killed three people and injured eleven others. The probe tests whether aftermarket driving systems can adequately detect stopped or slow vehicles ahead. The inquiry brings new scrutiny to open-source automated driving tools fitted to factory car hardware.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Regulators face difficult liability and safety questions when drivers run modified open-source software forks on third-party vehicle hardware.Read the original at arstechnica.com Generate teaching or study materials
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