Smart Driving Cars episode 406- driverless safety hearing in DC

About this episode

The episode discusses a Senate committee hearing on self driving safety featuring Tesla, Waymo, and safety experts, along with insights on robotaxis in China and SpaceX's AI data centers in space.

Tesla, Waymo and safety experts appear before a Senate committee on self driving safety. And Princeton's Alain Kornhauser is impressed. Plus an AOL-Insider piece by Bryant Walker Smith and Sven Beiker on riding robotaxis in China. And SpaceX aims for AI data centers in space. Join Alain and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 406 of Smart Driving Cars!

People in this episode

Hosts: Alain Kornhauser, Fred Fishkin

Topics covered

• self driving safety
• robotaxis
• AI data centers
• Senate committee
• Tesla
• Waymo
• SpaceX

Keywords

• self driving
• safety hearing
• robotaxis
• AI
• SpaceX
• Tesla
• Waymo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tesla, Waymo, AOL, Insider, SpaceX

Places: DC

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