Waymo denies using remote drivers after Senate testimony goes viral

Waymo defended its usage of distant assistants for its robotaxis aft the grounds of 1 of its apical executives during a Senate hearing went viral. In a missive to Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) connected Tuesday, Waymo's caput of planetary operations Ryan McNamara provided a elaborate statement of the company's distant assistance operations, including the fig of employees based overseas.

Waymo employs astir 70 "remote assistance agents," with fractional based successful the US and the different fractional successful the Philippines, McNamara said. These agents "provide proposal lone erstwhile requested by the [automated driving system] connected an event-driven basis," the missive states. "Waymo' …

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