Plus, Waymo recalls thousands of its robotaxis after one of its vehicles drove onto a flooded road, and Princeton is requiring in-person proctoring during exams amid AI-fueled cheating. Will Oremus, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."
This week, WhatsApp is offering private chats with its AI. Plus, Princeton will now hold supervised exams after a rise in AI-fueled cheating.
But first, Google’s self-driving car division Waymo opted to do a voluntary recall of 3,800 of its robotaxis. This comes after a Waymo drove into a flooded road in San Antonio, Texas. The car was empty and no one was hurt, but Waymo is now updating its software to address how its cars deal with flooded roads.
Will Oremus at The Atlantic joins Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes for these stories.
“Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after glitch allowed some vehicles to ‘drive into standing water’” from CNBC
