Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out
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A widespread power outage in San Francisco caused Waymo's robotaxis to become paralyzed at intersections when traffic lights stopped working, despite being programmed to treat such situations as four-way stops. The scale of the outage overwhelmed the autonomous vehicles, forcing Waymo to temporarily suspend service as videos of motionless robotaxis flooded social media.
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