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Thursday, 20 August 2026

Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch

The Verge 1 month ago 7 ● 2 sources

Tesla Robotaxis in Austin appear to be running fully unsupervised with no onboard human safety monitors, after earlier reports of reduced oversight. Over the past two weeks, all 170 Austin rides tracked by the Robotaxi Tracker were unsupervised across 54 different cars. More areas are showing similar changes, including Dallas and Houston where about 30 driverless Teslas operated over the past week.

Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis

The Verge 1 month ago 13

Waymo published details about the compute “brain” inside its robotaxis, including chip architecture, processor specifications, and internal components. The system is described as performing up to one quadrillion operations per second. The disclosure adds public information about the hardware powering its driverless fleet and names hardware suppliers used for those computers.

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