Waymo is opening up its robotaxi service to younger riders with the launch of teen accounts in Phoenix. Teenagers aged 14–17 can now sign up for an account on Waymo One, the company’s ridehail service ...

Those who don't follow Waymo's ridership policies could be kicked off the app altogether. For the SF parents using the app get get kids around, the risk of a deactivated account is worth taking.

According to the researchers, a major source of the technology’s problems with kids and dark-skinned people comes from bias in the data used to train the AI, which contains more adults and light ...

The city of Austin asked Cruise to idle its robotaxis on Halloween due to safety concerns. The request shows how cities barred by state law from regulating driverless cars must resort to diplomacy.

Waymo co-CEOs Dmitri Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana are winning the race for autonomous rides by playing the long game.

A California bill that would have allowed for self-driving cars to be ticketed for traffic violations was amended just days before the year’s legislative session is scheduled to adjourn. Driverless ...

Waymo spokeswoman Katherine Barna said the company was giving between 1,000 and 2,000 weekly rides before the coronavirus pandemic, 5 to 10 percent of which were fully driverless.

Waymo is facing significant resistance in a U.S. city known for its chaotic streets. See why this major urban center is wary ...