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Autonomous engineer at center of Uber-Google legal battle faces wave of criminal charges
Anthony Levandowski, co-founder of autonomous truck upstart Pronto, has been indicted on 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets.
August 28, 2019
Business
After shutting down autonomous truck development, Uber says it’s all in on Uber Freight platform
Uber will be doubling investment in its cargo-matching app, Uber Freight, after it announced the closure of its autonomous truck development program.
August 8, 2018
Equipment
Despite successful test runs, Uber shutting down autonomous truck unit
Uber says it will shut down its autonomous truck division which brings an unfortunate end to its efforts in the driverless truck driving space. More info here.
July 31, 2018
Business
Uber to pay reported $245M to settle Google’s claims of stolen autonomous tech
In what became a highly publicized spat between the two companies, Google parent company Alphabet alleged that Uber stole thousands of documents from Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle developer Waymo. Though the terms of the deal remain confidential, Google has agreed to accept a fraction of a percent of ownership of Uber — worth a reported $245 million — to end its lawsuit against the ridesharing pioneer.
February 12, 2018
Business
Fresh evidence prompts judge to delay autonomous tech trial between Google, Uber
The trial for a high-profile lawsuit between two of Silicon Valley’s biggest players, Uber and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) involving trade secrets and patents behind autonomous vehicle technology has been delayed until February. The Department of Justice has also announced it is pursuing a criminal investigation against Uber over the accusations made against the company.
December 14, 2017
Channel 19
Worship the robots: What a man at the center of Google’s self-driving tech lawsuit against Uber wants you to do
Self-driving truck startup Otto’s cofounder Anthony Levandowski has established a “Way of the Future” church to develop an AI Godhead. Before we jump to the pews in science-fiction-turned-reality joy, let’s keep the source in mind.
November 30, 2017
Business
Uber’s self-driving truck venture shaken up as legal woes mount
With legal trouble swirling around Uber’s autonomous truck venture, the company has fired Anthony Levandowski, the founder of the autonomous truck company Otto and a star engineer with Uber and, formerly, Google. The company also quietly announced last month it dropped the name Otto, as it was facing a lawsuit by a Canadian-based robotics company of the same name.
May 31, 2017
Business
Tech giants Google, Uber battling in court over autonomous truck secrets
Google and its subsidiary Waymo claim Uber and Otto Trucking stole thousands of documents and company trade secrets. Uber denies the claims. A judge Monday issued an injunction against Uber and Otto.
May 16, 2017
Channel 19
Senators ask GAO to assess autonomous trucks’ potential to displace workers
In the wake of the FMCSA’s Monday listening session on regulating the highly automated driving environment expected in the future, Senators Susan Collins and Jack Reed request GAO study the issue of job displacement — more commentary from the session explored here.
April 27, 2017
Business
New autonomous trucking tech startup looking at taking drivers out of trucks
San Francisco-based Starsky Robotics’ system uses software, front- and side-facing radar and camera systems for autonomous highway driving like other autonomous companies, such as Otto and Embark, but it also puts drivers in an office where they can remotely control the truck from a terminal to its delivery destination.
March 6, 2017
Channel 19
If Trump really wants to save U.S. jobs …
“If he (Trump) cares about the working man, he’ll stop this talk about driverless trucks.” –Trucker Jerry Jackson in Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial about autonomous vehicle tech threats.
January 5, 2017
Business
Abracadabra autonomous!
“They’re not opponents of tech, but it might be a failure of imagination” –Venture capitalist on disconnect between truckers’ expectations of self-driving tech and those of the folks in Silicon Valley. Wendy: “Let’s slow the row on the imagination-bashing a little and get real.”
December 16, 2016
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