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Researchers show Tesla's Autopilot can be tricked to change speeds or stop abruptly by projecting virtual road signs or people in front of it for under a second

Aatif Sulleyman / Newsweek :

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  • @wired @wired on x
    With just a few frames of a road sign injected on a billboard's video, researchers could trick Tesla's autopilot system into automatically stopping without warning https://www.wired.com/...
  • @kevin_raposo @kevin_raposo on x
    Researchers found they could stop a Tesla by flashing a few frames of a stop sign for less than half a second on an internet-connected billboard https://www.wired.com/...
  • @mark_riedl Mark O. Riedl on x
    Good thing electric billboards can't be hacked https://twitter.com/...
  • @getjeda Jeda Products on x
    Tesla will likely figure out a way to tackle this. What're your thoughts? It's a bit disconcerting, but no doubt something that could be fixed via a software update. https://www.wired.com/...
  • @tuna_tugcu Tuna Tugcu on x
    New challenge for autonomous driving: Can stop a car by displaying images on a billboard for a split-second https://www.wired.com/...
  • @mitsloanexperts MIT Sloan Experts on x
    “Just like a self-driving car learns over time and benefits from the data being fed back to the company from all drivers, Song says that the same dynamic is at work with the hearing aid, which learns how to process signals better over time.” https://twitter.com/...
  • @hkanji Hussein Kanji on x
    How to beat Tesla autopilot. Every single time. https://www.wired.com/...
  • @oliviasolon Olivia Solon on x
    Researchers have shown that you can trick a Tesla in autopilot into changing speed, swerving or stopping abruptly, by projecting fake road signs or virtual objects in front of them https://www.newsweek.com/...