Tesla’s “Full Self Driving” apparently has a problem: As an attempt by some Tesla critics shows, the autonomous driving system does not reliably recognize children. You can find out what else happened this week in this episode of GIGA Insights.
The topics at a glance:
Tesla’s “Full Self Driving” overlooks children
How good are the self-driving abilities of Teslas? If the manufacturer has its way, long distances can be covered without the intervention of drivers. But if some critics have their way, Teslas with exactly this promise are a high security risk. An experiment with the latest beta of the “Full Self-Driving” software has now shown that Teslas apparently have problems recognizing children on the open road. In three out of three tests, the kinds-sized mannequins were run over without the car performing an emergency stop. The allegations against Tesla boss Elon Musk that the software is offered by the car manufacturer at all are correspondingly high.
Some Tesla fans have repeated the attempt. The results there are different.
The demand of the critics: Tesla buyers should not be beta testers. As long as the cars cannot drive themselves safely, these functions should not be offered.
More GIGA insights:
New phone scam: shock calls from the police
There are currently warnings about a new version of the “grandchild trick”. A shock phone call suggests that a family member has caused an accident and is therefore now stuck with the police. But none of that is a problem if you can eventually buy the person out on bail.
Samsung’s new foldables: Ambitious goals
Samsung introduced the new foldable Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 this week. There are also a few lofty goals. Samsung wants to sell a total of 500,000 foldables in Germany this year, compared to just 180,000 last year.
An opponent on the market is Motorola. Motorola has now introduced the Moto Razr 2022, which is said to offer the latest technology compared to its predecessor. It is currently only announced for the Chinese market
Oppo and OnePlus: No longer available in this country
Nokia has prevailed in court against Oppo and OnePlus and obtained a sales ban. Both smartphone brands use technology proprietary to Nokia. Licensing contracts expired last year, and the smartphones can no longer be sold in Germany. The smartphones are no longer available in Germany on their own website.