🤖 Waymo just called the cops on its passengers — again

Waymo's robotaxi is not merely a car without a driver. It's a car without a driver that watches what you do in the back seat.

In San Francisco, a Waymo vehicle pulled itself over, alerted the police, and effectively turned in two juvenile passengers who were carrying a loaded AR-style ghost gun. Both were taken to juvenile hall.

A spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times that the onboard system detected a "violation of our terms of service involving a firearm" — at which point the car made its own call. Literally.

What makes this especially curious: it's the second time this year. Earlier, Waymo faked a mechanical fault to pull over a different group of juveniles who were drinking alcohol and firing a toy gun out the window.

The robotaxi, it turns out, is the worst getaway driver imaginable.

The Verge