China Study Shows Flaw in Self-Driving Cars

Driverless cars could be tricked into interpreting a red traffic light as green, leaving them vulnerable to deliberately planned crashes, according to a Chinese study reported in New Scientist.

Chen Yan at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou and his colleagues found that a laser aimed at the cars could cause the vehicles’ software to incorrectly interpret the colour of traffic lights .

Read the full report: New Scientist

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.