Stanford CIS

Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving

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On Waymo's Traffic Jams

Three thoughts on Waymo's recent traffic jams during a power outage in San Francisco. First, these jams – in which Waymo's vehicles appeared to come to…

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Over-the-air updates and regulatory recalls

Automakers (including Tesla, Daimer, Ford, and GM) as well as automated-driving developers (including Waymo and Cruise) have recalled vehicles by pushing over-t…

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On Cruise's Crash (and Quinn's Report)

Cruise has now released a preliminary report by Quinn Emanuel, the law firm that the company hired to review its response to its infamous October 2023 crash in…

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An Academic Vision for AI Ethics

In early 2022 I was asked to write a brief statement on an academic vision for AI ethics. As this topic has become only more important in the year since, I thou…

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DALL-E Does Palsgraf

A new article, written in 2022 and published in 2023 -- with pictures! The article asks a leading AI tool for image generation to illustrate the facts of a lea…

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An Academic Vision for AI Ethics

In early 2022 I was asked to write a brief statement on an academic vision for AI ethics. As this topic has become only more important in the year since, I thou…

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On Remote Driving

The Law Commission in the United Kingdom recently completed its massive study on domestic legal reform for automated driving. As the UK government works to impl…

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Tracking NHTSA's "Driverless Vehicle" Rule

March 30, 2020: NHTSA proposes changing certain federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for certain automated vehicles.  January 8, 2021: Elaine Chao an…

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Tesla's Fatal Crash

Tesla can do better than its current public response to the recent fatal crash involving one of its vehicles. I would like to see more introspection, credibilit…