CNN's John Sutter talks about automated cars and driver assisted vehicles. The National highway traffic safety administration has opened a probe of tesla's auto pilot function. Google is building advanced technologies that raise the bar for the entire internet industry. We don't ask people to pay for this show, not until now. Ver just whatever you want to chip in to support this journalism.
The data is in on autonomous cars: They are crashing, but they're still doing a lot better than regular cars driven by humans. The Verge’s Andrew Hawkins and Vox’s Marin Cogan take the wheel.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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