Google's parent company says Uber stole its self-driving tech
Alphabet?s self-driving unit Waymo claims a former employee downloaded proprietary designs From the #DeleteUber movement to a horrifying workplace harassment story, Uber has not had the best start to its year, from a public relations perspective. Now add one more demerit against the ride-hailing giant: A lawsuit from Google?s self-driving unit Waymo, alleging Uber stole its autonomous vehicle secrets.
Waymo?s lawsuit actually names both Uber and Otto, the self-driving truck company that Uber purchased in 2016. In the suit, it alleges that former Google employee Anthony Levandowski downloaded proprietary design files, blueprints, and testing documentation for Waymo?s self-driving car technology before he left the company to found Otto.
If that name sounds familiar, it?s because Levandowski has been in the spotlight recently in his new role at Uber, which he joined when Otto was acquired. As the head of Uber?s self-driving-car program, Levandowski has been defending the program after its very public departure from San Francisco and recent clashes with Pittsburgh?s mayor. What exactly did Levandowski supposedly steal" It?s one of the most important parts of any self-driving system?and in Waymo?s case, it?s supposed to be the key technology that makes Waymo?s cars much safer than any other self-driving cars on the road:
One of the most powerful parts of our self-driving technology is our custom-built LiDAR???or ?Light Detection and Ranging.? LiDAR works by bouncing ...
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