Andrej Karpathy, Tesla's director of artificial intelligence, announced Wednesday he's leaving the company only months before its anticipated release of its long-delayed 'full self-driving' software to 1 million people. Tesla's driver-assist features made significant advances in his tenure, but also have drawn increased scrutiny from regulators over their safety record.
"It's been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals,". "Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to city streets and I look forward to seeing the exceptionally strong Autopilot team continue that momentum."
Neither Karpathy nor Musk provided an explanation for his departure. Karpathy's five-year tenure was longer than many previous leaders on the Autopilot team. Tesla is notorious for a demanding culture that can lead to turnover, but it's not clear if that played any role in his exit. Karpathy's announced departure comes several months afterKarpathy said at the time that he was traveling in Europe and Asia with only a backpack.
Tesla owners have described seeing improvements to Autopilot during Karpathy's tenure. Many say it makes them feel less fatigued after long trips. But Autopilot has also been controversial. Drivers can become distracted while using it, which has at times been deadly. Tesla has since expanded its driver monitoring technology, with an in-car camera.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tesla moves to push lawsuit over mass layoffs out of court
Read more »
Tesla moves to push lawsuit over mass layoffs out of courtIn a filing in federal court, Tesla said the workers who were terminated signed valid agreements to bring employment-related legal disputes in arbitration and to refrain from participating in class-action lawsuits
Read more »
This AI image generator lets you type in words and get weird pictures backIt only took Matt Laming, a 19-year-old from the United Kingdom, about a month to hit a million followers on Twitter. And all it required was sharing a steady stream of the most outlandish computer-generated images that he and a bunch of internet strangers could think up.
Read more »
Hyundai Motor takes on Tesla with launch of its first electric sedanHyundai launches first electric sedan, the Ioniq 6
Read more »
Twitter sues to force Elon Musk to complete his $44B acquisitionTwitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Read more »