Truly autonomous cars may be impossible without helpful human touch

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September 13, 2022 09:11 AM

MILTON KEYNES, England -- Autonomous vehicle startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be needed permanently to help robot drivers in trouble.

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