{"id":16905,"date":"2024-12-17T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/will-the-future-of-transportation-be-robotaxis-or-your-own-self-driving-car\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:39:17","slug":"will-the-future-of-transportation-be-robotaxis-or-your-own-self-driving-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/will-the-future-of-transportation-be-robotaxis-or-your-own-self-driving-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the future of transportation be robotaxis \u2013 or your own self-driving car?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GM is shutting down its robotaxi business, Tesla is creating one of its own \u2013 what does the future hold for self-driving?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2022\/sep\/20\/sign-up-for-the-techscape-newsletter-our-free-technology-email\">Want TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welcome back. This week in tech: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/generalmotors\">General Motors<\/a> says goodbye to robotaxis but not self-driving cars; one woman\u2019s fight to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/artificialintelligenceai\">AI<\/a> out of applications for housing; Salt Typhoon; and tech\u2019s donations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Thank you for joining me.<\/p>\n<p>Tenant-screening systems like SafeRent are often used in place of humans as a way to \u2018avoid engaging\u2019 directly with the applicants and pass the blame for a denial to a computer system, said Todd Kaplan, one of the attorneys representing Louis and the class of plaintiffs who sued the company.<\/p>\n<p>The property management company told Louis the software alone decided to reject her, but the SafeRent report indicated it was the management company that set the threshold for how high someone needed to score to have their application accepted.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/dec\/16\/robotaxis-general-motors-self-driving\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/61a4aaf637f319f8d8550d2474c393a76f34d313\/0_133_4000_2401\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=65d7479583201c530a02a9f854d38fd6\" title=\"Will the future of transportation be robotaxis \u2013 or your own self-driving car?\" \/>GM is shutting down its robotaxi business, Tesla is creating one of its own \u2013 what does the future hold for self-driving?<br \/>\nWant TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nWelcome back. This week in tech: General Motors says goodbye to robotaxis but not self-driving cars; one woman\u2019s fight to keep AI out of applications for housing; Salt Typhoon; and tech\u2019s donations to Donald Trump. Thank you for joining me.<br \/>\nTenant-screening systems like SafeRent are often used in place of humans as a way to \u2018avoid engaging\u2019 directly with the applicants and pass the blame for a denial to a computer system, said Todd Kaplan, one of the attorneys representing Louis and the class of plaintiffs who sued the company.<br \/>\nThe property management company told Louis the software alone decided to reject her, but the SafeRent report indicated it was the management company that set the threshold for how high someone needed to score to have their application accepted. 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