TECH - Tesla Giving Special Treatment To Musk And High-Profile 'VIP' Drivers In FSD Development: Report | Benzinga
EV giant Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has reportedly been giving special treatment to its CEO Elon Musk and a select group of “VIP” drivers in the development of its full self-driving (FSD) driver assistance software aimed at vehicle autonomy.
What Happened: Tesla’s self-driving technology relies on video data from the company’s fleet on the road to continuously enhance its driving skills and make it better than an average human driver.
However, the employees working on bettering the software focus on data from Musk and a select set of VIP drivers, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. The video footage from Musk’s Teslas and other high-profile drivers like YouTubers receive VIP treatment in identifying and mitigating issues with the software, the report said, citing a dozen current and former employees.
This disparity in focus might allow for the software to function better through the routes taken by the CEO and the high-profile drivers and not so well along the rest, the report said.
Several sources told the ...