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In early September, two teenagers got into a Waymo, but then ended up in the back of a police car. The robotaxi company said it detected "a violation of our terms of service involving a firearm," pulled the car over, and alerted emergency services, according to the Los Angeles Times . Police arrested the passengers after allegedly finding a loaded AR-style "ghost gun" in the vehicle. The arrests exposed a lot of unanswered questions about privacy and autonomous vehicles, including what they are

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In early September, two teenagers got into a Waymo, but then ended up in the back of a police car. The robotaxi company said it detected "a violation of our terms of service involving a firearm," pulled the car over, and alerted emergency services, according to the Los Angeles...

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Center: In early September, two teenagers got into a Waymo, but then ended up in the back of a police car. The robotaxi company said it detected "a violation of our terms of service involving a firearm," pulled the car over, and alerted emergency services, according to the Los Angeles Times . Police arrested the passengers after allegedly finding a loaded AR-style "ghost gun" in the vehicle. The arrests exposed a lot of unanswered questions about privacy and autonomous vehicles, including what they are
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