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Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech – or its safety stats

Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale.

This is basically a story about the dogs of the owners of a dog food company that refuse to eat their products, and for a lot of good reasons.

 

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Looks like Tesla is up for a shit ton of lawsuits in the near future.

Tesla retroactively added 'supervised' to FSD contracts owners signed years ago

Tesla appears to have retroactively modified FSD purchase agreements to add 'supervised' language that wasn't there when owners signed. Some contracts are now inaccessible.

electrek.co

Tesla has retroactively modified “Full Self-Driving” purchase agreements to add “supervised” language that did not exist when owners originally bought the product. In some cases, the original documents have been made entirely inaccessible.

Electrek has confirmed the issue with multiple owners. The contracts in question were signed between 2016 and early 2024, when Tesla sold the package as “Full Self-Driving Capability” — with no mention of “supervised” and the implicit promise of unsupervised autonomy.

 

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SpaceDaddy has altered the deal. Pray he doesn't alter it further.

 

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Exclusive: Tesla presented misleading ‘Full Self-Driving’ safety data to European regulators

In its efforts to secure European approval of its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system, Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab has presented self-published safety statistics to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands that independent traffic-safety researchers have said amount to misleading marketing.

A Reuters examinationpublished last month found that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other leaders over the past year have increasingly cited statistics they say prove its FSD driver-assistance feature is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the ‌news agency’s review found several invalid data comparisons underlying Tesla’s statistics, opens new tab that exaggerated its safety claims.

Oh my, Tesla caught cooking the data. Say it ain't so, Leon.

 

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