A suspected Baidu system failure caused a number of robotaxis to stop across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes
A suspected system failure froze Baidu's robotaxis across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes.
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Discussion
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@zeyiyang
Zeyi Yang
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NEW: Dozens of robotaxis by Baidu stopped on the road in Wuhan, causing crashes on highways and trapping passengers in the cars—some for more than an hour. One passenger told me it took her 30 minutes to even connect to a customer representative. Here's a video of a crash. [video…
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@zeyiyang
Zeyi Yang
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Wuhan's traffic police authority says it's “likely caused by a system malfunction” but still under investigation. More in our breaking story: https://www.wired.com/...
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@niccruzpatane
Nic Cruz Patane
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This is insane. Tonight, Baidu robotaxis all over Wuhan, China suddenly stalled throughout the city due to a “system failure.” Riders were trapped inside the vehicles, and some stalled vehicles even caused collisions. Baidu completes about 1.13 million rides per month in China. […
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Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways
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@petereharrell
Peter Harrell
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Reports of a sudden, widespread shutdown of Baidu robotaxis in China drives home the security vulnerabilities of connected cars and why the US restricts Chinese connected vehicles. This outage likely an accident, but imagine what China could do with cars in the US in a conflict. …
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@nickiacovella
Nick Iacovella
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Former Senator @SenSherrodBrown was a big critic of Chinese connected vehicles. He was right to raise the alarm.
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@garyblack00
Gary Black
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A number of $BIDU 's Apollo Go robotaxis suddenly stopped working on the streets of China's Wuhan city on Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded and raising concerns about the safety and reliability of autonomous driving technology. Passengers were able to exit the cars safely and
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@wholemars
@wholemars
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American AI is far superior