Uber to close its AI labs

It’s from May 18 and the actual title is “Coronavirus: Uber announces drastic cuts to secure its future.”

Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223335

good for them.

honestly, Uber got "hype pressured" into this whole "self driving car" madness because they didn't want to be disrupted by Google, but they were really fighting a phantom that didn't exist. In other words, Google did a really great job trolling Uber into losing focus.

Uber model is great and they should focus on helping people make more money and create jobs