Google software can qualify as 'driver'

 

Google software can qualify as driver

Washington - Google's self-driving car unit on November 12 submitted a proposed design for a self-driving car that has "no need for a human driver"

By Reuters

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Published: Wed 10 Feb 2016, 11:00 PM

Last updated: Thu 11 Feb 2016, 8:46 AM

 US vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step towards ultimately winning approval for autonomous vehicles on the roads.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, of its decision in a previously unreported February 4 letter to the company posted on the agency's website this week.
Google's self-driving car unit on November 12 submitted a proposed design for a self-driving car that has "no need for a human driver", the letter to Google from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Chief Counsel Paul Hemmersbaugh said.



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