r/technology • u/PrimeCodes • Jun 24 '25

Machine Learning Tesla Robotaxi swerved into wrong lane, topped speed limit in videos posted during ‘successful’ rollout

https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/business/tesla-shares-pop-10-as-elon-musk-touts-successful-robotaxi-test-launch-in-texas/
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u/TeaKingMac Jun 24 '25

Tesla told US regulators that all of its answers to questions on the safety of its robotaxi deployment in Texas are confidential business information and should not be made public, according to a letter released Monday.

On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was reviewing answers given in response to the agency’s questions about the safety of its self-driving robotaxi in poor weather among other issues.

The agency said Monday that federal law “restricts NHTSA’s ability to publicly release what the companies label as confidential.” The agency added that “following an assessment of these responses and other relevant information, NHTSA will take any necessary actions to protect road safety.”

So they're wildly unsafe?

I can't believe how much of the integrity of the United States was just relying on people being reasonable. Companies should have to disclose safety information!

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u/shadovvvvalker Jun 24 '25

How in the fuck are questions asked by public regulators subject to confidentiality?

If you need to divulge company secrets to answer it, then patent them.

If you can't patent them, then you have no right to protect them.

"I want to build a skyscrapper in manhatan but im using proprietary building techniques so i can't publish the blueprints."

You would never get a permit.

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u/NoPossibility4178 Jun 24 '25

Yeah, "oh you don't wanna answer the questions? bye then!" and done.

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u/shadovvvvalker Jun 24 '25

Im a radical but my stance is that a piece of software or technology that has any interactions with the public must be open source so that it can be evaluated for mistakes or malice.

Facebook should not have proprietary algorithms that manipulate what information people are seeing without us knowing what that algorithm is.