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George Hotz's Comma.Ai Cancels Comma One

posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 01 2016, @07:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-too-hot? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sent a letter demanding George Hotz's company comma.ai provide information pertaining to the safety of their system (https://www.scribd.com/document/329218929/2016-10-27-Special-Order-Directed-to-Comma-ai).

This morning [28 Oct], Ars Technica reports that George Hotz tweeted from Shenzhen that the comma one was now cancelled (https://twitter.com/comma_ai/status/791958413345382400).

comma.ai had just received a $3.1m investment from Andreessen-Horowitz in April (http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/04/technology/george-hotz-comma-ai-andreessen-horowitz/index.html).

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by tangomargarine on Tuesday November 01 2016, @01:59PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday November 01 2016, @01:59PM (#421247)

    Excuse me? What the fuck is Comma.Ai?

    I mean damn, the summary doesn't even provide a proper link to find out. After copying and pasting the non-hyperlinked URL:

    George Hotz is the founder of Comma.ai, an autonomous driving startup that's roughly six months old. On Monday, top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz announced a $3.1 million investment in the company.

    Comma.ai is working on a kit that will make it possible to turn regular vehicles into semi-autonomous ones. In October, Hotz purchased a 2016 Acura ILX, cameras and GoPro mounts and started developing the technology out of his San Francisco garage.

    Was it really so hard to mention this in the summary?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @05:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @05:25PM (#421319)

    That was exactly what the regulators wanted to know. It's kind of appropriate that the story doesn't include it, since the company didn't feel like telling the government.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @07:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @07:08PM (#421357)

    What the fuck is Comma.Ai?

    It's a new sub-genre of Japanese doujin for grammar Nazis.

  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday November 01 2016, @08:02PM

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Tuesday November 01 2016, @08:02PM (#421379)

    Thank you.

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  • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Tuesday November 01 2016, @09:29PM

    by Osamabobama (5842) on Tuesday November 01 2016, @09:29PM (#421407)

    I was able to find out what the article was about by mousing over the Ars link. The full url contains the phrase "cancels-self-driving-car-product," which was enough for me to ignore the story.

    ...then I came back to complain about the summary.

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