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His core argument: the real question isn’t where support staff are located — it’s whether autonomous vehicles are delivering safer outcomes at scale.

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What the Headlines About Waymo’s “Offshore Drivers” Are Getting Wrong
Today’s post comes from John Deniston, co-founder of Repair Ally, an AI startup tackling the skilled labor shortage in automotive repair (disclosure: Harry is an investor in Repair Ally).
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February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
John also notes that autonomous operations are designed with layered human support, where more sensitive situations may involve highly trained specialists, while simpler classification tasks can be handled by other teams 🧠⚙️

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February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The system remains fully autonomous, using human input as just one signal in its decision-making 🤖🚗

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February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
In our latest piece on The Driverless Digest, John—who spent eight years working on autonomous vehicles at Cruise and Embark—explains human remote assistants don’t drive the car. Instead, they help resolve rare edge cases, more like confirming a visual CAPTCHA than controlling the vehicle.

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February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
🌴🏜️ Baidu and Uber Partner to Bring Apollo Go Autonomous Ride-hailing to Dubai in Collaboration with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority.

🚘💸 Hyundai reportedly plans to supply 50,000 vehicles to Waymo by 2028.

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February 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM