Friday, June 10, 2016

Lexus struggles with software bug: What this means for automakers

Date published: 
June 8, 2016

"Even the stereo, which was affected by Lexus's update, can create an unsafe situation, robotics law expert Ryan Calo told the Monitor. For example, buggy software might cause the radio to blare suddenly, startling the driver and causing an accident.

Tesla recently introduced a software update to control the whole vehicle, Dr. Calo tells the Monitor, although he says Lexus' update is technically not critical to safety. 

The result, he says, is that "The line between control-critical and entertainment systems is not perfectly clean.""



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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on June 08, 2016 at 10:00AM

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