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Tesla Autopilot U.S. Safety Probe Puts a Damper on Elon Musk’s AI Day
- CEO has scheduled artificial intelligence event for Thursday
- He’s described AI as pivotal to bringing about driverless cars
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The federal investigation into Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot comes at an awkward time for Elon Musk. On Thursday -- just three days after the U.S. government announced its probe -- he has a briefing scheduled about the carmaker’s work on artificial intelligence.
While invitations to Musk’s AI Day tout “an inside-look at what’s next for AI at Tesla beyond our vehicle fleet,” autonomous driving is all but certain to come up. In several tweets over the last several months, the chief executive officer has described AI as crucial to rendering cars capable of roaming roads without human intervention.