John Berry
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John Berry
@aniccia.bsky.social
· Jul 25
NHTSA closed their year+ investigation of Waymo. Waymo's 2 recalls re to this investigation were for crashing into a utility pole and roadway barriers. Evidently, robots repeatedly driving on the wrong side of the road into traffic and disobeying traffic control devices is ok in USA. Scale that.
"Waymo...is aiming to raise about $16 billion in a financing round that would value the unit at nearly $110 billion, according to people familiar....[Alphabet] would provide about $13 billion"
Bloomberg
Prob enough for ~3 years & Alphabet retain ~80% ownership.
archive.ph/YRKpk#select...
Bloomberg
Prob enough for ~3 years & Alphabet retain ~80% ownership.
archive.ph/YRKpk#select...
archive.ph
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"Waymo...is aiming to raise about $16 billion in a financing round that would value the unit at nearly $110 billion, according to people familiar....[Alphabet] would provide about $13 billion"
Bloomberg
Prob enough for ~3 years & Alphabet retain ~80% ownership.
archive.ph/YRKpk#select...
Bloomberg
Prob enough for ~3 years & Alphabet retain ~80% ownership.
archive.ph/YRKpk#select...
Reposted by John Berry
Robo initiation:
"We rode for the first time....It tried to pass a tractor trailer on the right, IN THE MERGE LANE, and we about got consumed when the Waymo failed to yield near Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport"
OP: reddit.Practical_Cloud_1342
If no one behind the robot, more aggressive than dangerous.
"We rode for the first time....It tried to pass a tractor trailer on the right, IN THE MERGE LANE, and we about got consumed when the Waymo failed to yield near Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport"
OP: reddit.Practical_Cloud_1342
If no one behind the robot, more aggressive than dangerous.
January 31, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Robo initiation:
"We rode for the first time....It tried to pass a tractor trailer on the right, IN THE MERGE LANE, and we about got consumed when the Waymo failed to yield near Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport"
OP: reddit.Practical_Cloud_1342
If no one behind the robot, more aggressive than dangerous.
"We rode for the first time....It tried to pass a tractor trailer on the right, IN THE MERGE LANE, and we about got consumed when the Waymo failed to yield near Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport"
OP: reddit.Practical_Cloud_1342
If no one behind the robot, more aggressive than dangerous.
Yet another (78+) Wrong Way Waymo mistakenly drove on the wrong side of traffic cones into oncoming traffic:
1200 block of Persian Dr, Sunnyvale (heart of Silicon Valley)
Notice a driver ahead of OP drove between cones to the right to make way for the errant robot.
OP: reddit.Own-Assumption3519
1200 block of Persian Dr, Sunnyvale (heart of Silicon Valley)
Notice a driver ahead of OP drove between cones to the right to make way for the errant robot.
OP: reddit.Own-Assumption3519
January 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Yet another (78+) Wrong Way Waymo mistakenly drove on the wrong side of traffic cones into oncoming traffic:
1200 block of Persian Dr, Sunnyvale (heart of Silicon Valley)
Notice a driver ahead of OP drove between cones to the right to make way for the errant robot.
OP: reddit.Own-Assumption3519
1200 block of Persian Dr, Sunnyvale (heart of Silicon Valley)
Notice a driver ahead of OP drove between cones to the right to make way for the errant robot.
OP: reddit.Own-Assumption3519
The Waymo robot hit a 10 year-old boy on the
2300 block of 24th Street, Santa Monica
~300-400 feet from Grant Elementary School, within sight of a 15 mph school zone sign, but prob outside of the zone, ie prob a 25 mph zone.
According to this CBS LA news report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1v...
2300 block of 24th Street, Santa Monica
~300-400 feet from Grant Elementary School, within sight of a 15 mph school zone sign, but prob outside of the zone, ie prob a 25 mph zone.
According to this CBS LA news report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1v...
Waymo car hits child near Santa Monica elementary school
YouTube video by CBS LA
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 AM
The Waymo robot hit a 10 year-old boy on the
2300 block of 24th Street, Santa Monica
~300-400 feet from Grant Elementary School, within sight of a 15 mph school zone sign, but prob outside of the zone, ie prob a 25 mph zone.
According to this CBS LA news report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1v...
2300 block of 24th Street, Santa Monica
~300-400 feet from Grant Elementary School, within sight of a 15 mph school zone sign, but prob outside of the zone, ie prob a 25 mph zone.
According to this CBS LA news report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1v...
A few recently stuck Waymo robots.
Washington at Drumm, San Francisco
OP: x.AHMADUDDIN12
Washington at Drumm, San Francisco
OP: x.AHMADUDDIN12
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A few recently stuck Waymo robots.
Washington at Drumm, San Francisco
OP: x.AHMADUDDIN12
Washington at Drumm, San Francisco
OP: x.AHMADUDDIN12
A Waymo robot w PAX in LA mistakenly stopped in traffic for a school bus w flashing yellow/warning lights, ie not flashing red/stop lights.
Telop says there's a system/robot "flag" for this he has to clear before the robot can move, a crude non-fix of an ongoing AI bug.
OP: tiktok.angeloswhatever
Telop says there's a system/robot "flag" for this he has to clear before the robot can move, a crude non-fix of an ongoing AI bug.
OP: tiktok.angeloswhatever
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 PM
A Waymo robot w PAX in LA mistakenly stopped in traffic for a school bus w flashing yellow/warning lights, ie not flashing red/stop lights.
Telop says there's a system/robot "flag" for this he has to clear before the robot can move, a crude non-fix of an ongoing AI bug.
OP: tiktok.angeloswhatever
Telop says there's a system/robot "flag" for this he has to clear before the robot can move, a crude non-fix of an ongoing AI bug.
OP: tiktok.angeloswhatever
Self-rolling cart on Nob Hill handled the Cable Car tracks like a pro:
Sacramento at Powell, San Francisco
Two Waymo robots illegally/astutely used the taxi only lane.
The cart is SAE L4 for a suitably defined (downhill only) ODD.
L4: telops assisted vs gravity assisted.
OP: tiktok.concertkenny
Sacramento at Powell, San Francisco
Two Waymo robots illegally/astutely used the taxi only lane.
The cart is SAE L4 for a suitably defined (downhill only) ODD.
L4: telops assisted vs gravity assisted.
OP: tiktok.concertkenny
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Self-rolling cart on Nob Hill handled the Cable Car tracks like a pro:
Sacramento at Powell, San Francisco
Two Waymo robots illegally/astutely used the taxi only lane.
The cart is SAE L4 for a suitably defined (downhill only) ODD.
L4: telops assisted vs gravity assisted.
OP: tiktok.concertkenny
Sacramento at Powell, San Francisco
Two Waymo robots illegally/astutely used the taxi only lane.
The cart is SAE L4 for a suitably defined (downhill only) ODD.
L4: telops assisted vs gravity assisted.
OP: tiktok.concertkenny
A Waymo robot made a right turn around a car signaling a left turn by exiting via the entrance of a parking lot:
3102 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
:03-:11 rear camera view of the robot going around OP's car, the remainder is front camera view.
OP: reddit.FarmerChicken
3102 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
:03-:11 rear camera view of the robot going around OP's car, the remainder is front camera view.
OP: reddit.FarmerChicken
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
A Waymo robot made a right turn around a car signaling a left turn by exiting via the entrance of a parking lot:
3102 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
:03-:11 rear camera view of the robot going around OP's car, the remainder is front camera view.
OP: reddit.FarmerChicken
3102 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
:03-:11 rear camera view of the robot going around OP's car, the remainder is front camera view.
OP: reddit.FarmerChicken
Yeah imagine.
Waymo's 'trust the model' argument from authority sure hits ppl differently on the visceral to virtual scale.
Waymo's models & tens of billions of simulated VMT weren't even able to discover their robot was programmed to drive through utility poles. Waymo discovered it the hard way.
Waymo's 'trust the model' argument from authority sure hits ppl differently on the visceral to virtual scale.
Waymo's models & tens of billions of simulated VMT weren't even able to discover their robot was programmed to drive through utility poles. Waymo discovered it the hard way.
Imagine a Waymo hits your kid then they post this in a blog smh
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Yeah imagine.
Waymo's 'trust the model' argument from authority sure hits ppl differently on the visceral to virtual scale.
Waymo's models & tens of billions of simulated VMT weren't even able to discover their robot was programmed to drive through utility poles. Waymo discovered it the hard way.
Waymo's 'trust the model' argument from authority sure hits ppl differently on the visceral to virtual scale.
Waymo's models & tens of billions of simulated VMT weren't even able to discover their robot was programmed to drive through utility poles. Waymo discovered it the hard way.
Waymo is telling UK their telops can't do what they told CPUC they can do:
“Waymo does not use remote driving or teleoperation where a human takes control of the vehicle....They cannot drive the car,” George Ivanov, Head of International Policy and Government Affairs
zagdaily.com/featured/way...
“Waymo does not use remote driving or teleoperation where a human takes control of the vehicle....They cannot drive the car,” George Ivanov, Head of International Policy and Government Affairs
zagdaily.com/featured/way...
January 30, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Waymo is telling UK their telops can't do what they told CPUC they can do:
“Waymo does not use remote driving or teleoperation where a human takes control of the vehicle....They cannot drive the car,” George Ivanov, Head of International Policy and Government Affairs
zagdaily.com/featured/way...
“Waymo does not use remote driving or teleoperation where a human takes control of the vehicle....They cannot drive the car,” George Ivanov, Head of International Policy and Government Affairs
zagdaily.com/featured/way...
Kids as moral crumple zone by SFGate & SMPD:
SMPD "told SFGATE the child hadn’t been in a crosswalk or near the on-duty crossing guard, and that the child’s parent was nearby"
It's legal to cross anywhere on that block. Wonder if the robot first detected a parent which should've slowed/alerted it.
SMPD "told SFGATE the child hadn’t been in a crosswalk or near the on-duty crossing guard, and that the child’s parent was nearby"
It's legal to cross anywhere on that block. Wonder if the robot first detected a parent which should've slowed/alerted it.
Waymo estimates that a human driver would have hit the child far harder.
Waymo hits child in Los Angeles, says regular car would've been worse
Waymo estimates that a human driver would have hit the child far harder.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Kids as moral crumple zone by SFGate & SMPD:
SMPD "told SFGATE the child hadn’t been in a crosswalk or near the on-duty crossing guard, and that the child’s parent was nearby"
It's legal to cross anywhere on that block. Wonder if the robot first detected a parent which should've slowed/alerted it.
SMPD "told SFGATE the child hadn’t been in a crosswalk or near the on-duty crossing guard, and that the child’s parent was nearby"
It's legal to cross anywhere on that block. Wonder if the robot first detected a parent which should've slowed/alerted it.
SFO approved Waymo passenger service.
Mayor Waymo personally made the announcement.
Hub for innovation or hubris of innovators?
www.flysfo.com/about/media/...
Mayor Waymo personally made the announcement.
Hub for innovation or hubris of innovators?
www.flysfo.com/about/media/...
Waymo Approved to Begin Passenger Service at SFO | San Francisco International Airport
|Waymo Approved to Begin Passenger Service at SFOApproval Expands Safe, Reliable Transit Options, Cements SF as Hub for InnovationSAN FRANCISCO – January 29, 2026 – The San Francisco International Air...
www.flysfo.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:38 PM
SFO approved Waymo passenger service.
Mayor Waymo personally made the announcement.
Hub for innovation or hubris of innovators?
www.flysfo.com/about/media/...
Mayor Waymo personally made the announcement.
Hub for innovation or hubris of innovators?
www.flysfo.com/about/media/...
An uncrewed Waymo robot hit and injured a child on January 23rd in Santa Monica near an elementary school "during normal school drop off hours."
NHTSA is investigating.
NHTSA is investigating.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
An uncrewed Waymo robot hit and injured a child on January 23rd in Santa Monica near an elementary school "during normal school drop off hours."
NHTSA is investigating.
NHTSA is investigating.
Waymo stuck for ~30 minutes:
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Waymo stuck for ~30 minutes:
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
A Waymo robot stuck on a chair:
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
January 29, 2026 at 1:21 AM
A Waymo robot stuck on a chair:
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
A Waymo robot w safety driver stuck in snow:
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
A Waymo robot w safety driver stuck in snow:
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
"Waymo doing Waymo things"
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
"Waymo doing Waymo things"
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
"If Tesla truly had unsupervised Robotaxis operating in Austin, riders would be posting videos constantly."
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
sounds like absolutely nothing has changed in Tesla's Austin robotaxi deployment since I checked it out in June (except for 8 crashes and an enlarged, phallic geofence)
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
"If Tesla truly had unsupervised Robotaxis operating in Austin, riders would be posting videos constantly."
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
A redditor says Waymo said they suspended service to the Phoenix Sky Harbor terminals because of construction. If so, this would explain why it started about when a major construction project began and why it sometimes is available, eg perhaps as construction allows.
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
Bonzo205's comment on "Waymo Sky Harbor Interruptions?"
Explore this conversation and more from the phoenix community
www.reddit.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A redditor says Waymo said they suspended service to the Phoenix Sky Harbor terminals because of construction. If so, this would explain why it started about when a major construction project began and why it sometimes is available, eg perhaps as construction allows.
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
Waymo already (badly) handles:
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Waymo already (badly) handles:
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
A Waymo 6th gen Zeekr w a safety driver hit parked cars in LA.
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
January 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A Waymo 6th gen Zeekr w a safety driver hit parked cars in LA.
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
"Tesla’s robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they’re not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong."
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Tesla’s robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they’re not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong."
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
FWIW, non-ICE related tiktok search is behaving weirdly and differently than a few days ago, eg this simple search for "waymo" with the "Date posted = Past 24 hours" filter returned in order videos posted:
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 AM
FWIW, non-ICE related tiktok search is behaving weirdly and differently than a few days ago, eg this simple search for "waymo" with the "Date posted = Past 24 hours" filter returned in order videos posted:
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
For more than a month, an x bot has been running a bunch of accounts that repeatedly post minor variants of "Waymo cars driving calmer than humans...."
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
For more than a month, an x bot has been running a bunch of accounts that repeatedly post minor variants of "Waymo cars driving calmer than humans...."
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread: