Not a good time to be an Uber driver as robotaxis expand.

Not a good time to be an Uber driver as robotaxis expand. | we're in Austin Ubers Whimos robo taxis right Not a good time to be an Uber driver, right?

Watch events: Any state/federal retraining-on-displacement law (CA, NY, WA pending); Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules

we're in Austin Ubers Whimos robo taxis right Not a good time to be an Uber driver, right?

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  "context": "AI is going to impact adults very differently we're in Austin Ubers Whimos robo taxis right Not a good time to be an Uber driver, right? But AI is going to gives kids superpowers",
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