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After arriving at his destination somewhere downtown, he took a moment to be the Important Guy rubbing shoulders with one of the Little People who have helped Uber build a global service valued at nearly $70 billion despite \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/uber-could-lose-almost-3-billion-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">astronomical losses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own shit. They blame everything in their life on somebody else. Good luck.'\u003ccite>Travis Kalanick, Uber CEO\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Kamel complained about Uber's cuts in rates and what he described as the company's constantly shifting business strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are not trusting you,\" Kamel says in the video. \"... I lost $97,000 because of you. I'm bankrupt because of you. 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He issued \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/a-profound-apology/\" target=\"_blank\">a profound apology\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By now I’m sure you’ve seen the video where I treated an Uber driver disrespectfully,\" Kalanick wrote. \"To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement. My job as your leader is to lead, and that starts with behaving in a way that makes us all proud. That is not what I did, and it cannot be explained away. ... I want to profoundly apologize to Fawzi, as well as the driver and rider community, and to the Uber team.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kalanick video surfaces as the company faces a long run of stories that arguably place the company, never a stranger to controversy, in a harsher light than ever. Here's a quick rundown from Bloomberg:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In December, Uber pulled its self-driving cars \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/21/uber-to-state-weve-pulled-self-driving-cars-from-s-f-streets/\" target=\"_blank\">off the road\u003c/a> in San Francisco after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/14/uber-launches-self-driving-car-service-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">the California Department of Motor Vehicles said\u003c/a> they were operating illegally without an autonomous vehicle license. In January, more than 200,000 people uninstalled their accounts, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/deleteuber?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#DeleteUber\u003c/a> trended on Twitter, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/01/29/uber-triggers-protest-for-not-supporting-taxi-strike-against-refugee-ban/?utm_term=.2a56870199b7\" target=\"_blank\">the company was accused\u003c/a> of undermining a New York taxi union strike protesting President Donald Trump’s refugee ban. On Feb. 2, Kalanick reluctantly \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/02/ubers-travis-kalanick-steps-down-from-trumps-advisory-board/\" target=\"_blank\">left his spot\u003c/a> on Trump’s business advisory council to appease the company’s liberal-leaning employees and users—not to mention its many immigrant drivers. On Feb. 19, a former software engineer at Uber \u003ca href=\"https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber\" target=\"_blank\">wrote a blog post\u003c/a> alleging that she had been propositioned for sex by her manager and that when she’d taken the issue to human resources, an HR rep had said that he wouldn’t be punished, in part, because he was a “high performer.” On Feb. 23, Alphabet’s autonomous car company \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/24/google-spin-off-sues-uber-saying-leader-of-autonomous-vehicle-unit-stole-key-designs/\" target=\"_blank\">Waymo sued Uber\u003c/a> and its self-driving car company Otto, accusing an Uber employee of stealing trade secrets by downloading 14,000 files onto an external hard drive. On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/technology/uber-sexual-harassment-amit-singhal-resign.html\" target=\"_blank\">Uber’s head of engineering resigned\u003c/a> after the company said it learned that he had faced a sexual harassment complaint at Alphabet, his former employer. He denied the allegations.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The sexual harassment and discrimination allegations alluded to above, by engineer Susan J. Fowler, describe an unapologetic culture in which Uber's HR department appeared to actively abet a male employee who had approached her and other female workers for sex. Fowler's account \u003ca href=\"https://www.recode.net/2017/2/20/14677546/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-eric-holder-memo\">prompted the company to retain\u003c/a> former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to lead an investigation, along with the head of HR, Liane Hornsey, and board member Arianna Huffington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fowler's charges also led Kalanick to declare, \"I believe in creating a workplace where a deep sense of justice underpins everything we do. ... It is my number one priority that we come through this a better organization, where we live our values and fight for and support those who experience injustice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two people who say they're not impressed by the promise of an investigation are early Uber investors Mitch and Freada Kapor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their own \u003ca href=\"https://shift.newco.co/an-open-letter-to-the-uber-board-and-investors-2dc0c48c3a7#.xhi3j48w6\">blog post\u003c/a>, they argue that the promised investigation is hardly independent. Holder and his law firm have been lobbying on behalf of Uber since last June, they say, and Huffington and Hornsey are company insiders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More damning, the Kapors says, the Fowler allegations and the company's response appear to repeat earlier behavior:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Silicon Valley prides itself on pattern recognition (often the umbrella under which all sorts of bias lives, but we digress) which supposedly helps them recognize the next Unicorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a couple of toxic patterns we have observed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all-hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investors in high growth, financially successful companies rarely, if ever, call out inexcusable behavior from founders or C-suite executives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of these patterns need to change. Uber’s outsize success in terms of growth of market share, revenues and valuation are impressive, but can never excuse a culture plagued by disrespect, exclusionary cliques, lack of diversity, and tolerance for bullying and harassment of every form.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\"Culture of disrespect.\" You wonder what the Kapors make of the new Kalanick video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of his public apology, the Uber CEO says: \"The criticism we’ve received is a stark reminder that I must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up. This is the first time I’ve been willing to admit that I need leadership help and I intend to get it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Leadership help\"? 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He issued \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/a-profound-apology/\" target=\"_blank\">a profound apology\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By now I’m sure you’ve seen the video where I treated an Uber driver disrespectfully,\" Kalanick wrote. \"To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement. My job as your leader is to lead, and that starts with behaving in a way that makes us all proud. That is not what I did, and it cannot be explained away. ... I want to profoundly apologize to Fawzi, as well as the driver and rider community, and to the Uber team.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kalanick video surfaces as the company faces a long run of stories that arguably place the company, never a stranger to controversy, in a harsher light than ever. Here's a quick rundown from Bloomberg:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In December, Uber pulled its self-driving cars \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/21/uber-to-state-weve-pulled-self-driving-cars-from-s-f-streets/\" target=\"_blank\">off the road\u003c/a> in San Francisco after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/14/uber-launches-self-driving-car-service-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">the California Department of Motor Vehicles said\u003c/a> they were operating illegally without an autonomous vehicle license. In January, more than 200,000 people uninstalled their accounts, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/deleteuber?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#DeleteUber\u003c/a> trended on Twitter, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/01/29/uber-triggers-protest-for-not-supporting-taxi-strike-against-refugee-ban/?utm_term=.2a56870199b7\" target=\"_blank\">the company was accused\u003c/a> of undermining a New York taxi union strike protesting President Donald Trump’s refugee ban. On Feb. 2, Kalanick reluctantly \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/02/ubers-travis-kalanick-steps-down-from-trumps-advisory-board/\" target=\"_blank\">left his spot\u003c/a> on Trump’s business advisory council to appease the company’s liberal-leaning employees and users—not to mention its many immigrant drivers. On Feb. 19, a former software engineer at Uber \u003ca href=\"https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber\" target=\"_blank\">wrote a blog post\u003c/a> alleging that she had been propositioned for sex by her manager and that when she’d taken the issue to human resources, an HR rep had said that he wouldn’t be punished, in part, because he was a “high performer.” On Feb. 23, Alphabet’s autonomous car company \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/24/google-spin-off-sues-uber-saying-leader-of-autonomous-vehicle-unit-stole-key-designs/\" target=\"_blank\">Waymo sued Uber\u003c/a> and its self-driving car company Otto, accusing an Uber employee of stealing trade secrets by downloading 14,000 files onto an external hard drive. On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/technology/uber-sexual-harassment-amit-singhal-resign.html\" target=\"_blank\">Uber’s head of engineering resigned\u003c/a> after the company said it learned that he had faced a sexual harassment complaint at Alphabet, his former employer. He denied the allegations.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The sexual harassment and discrimination allegations alluded to above, by engineer Susan J. Fowler, describe an unapologetic culture in which Uber's HR department appeared to actively abet a male employee who had approached her and other female workers for sex. Fowler's account \u003ca href=\"https://www.recode.net/2017/2/20/14677546/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-eric-holder-memo\">prompted the company to retain\u003c/a> former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to lead an investigation, along with the head of HR, Liane Hornsey, and board member Arianna Huffington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fowler's charges also led Kalanick to declare, \"I believe in creating a workplace where a deep sense of justice underpins everything we do. ... It is my number one priority that we come through this a better organization, where we live our values and fight for and support those who experience injustice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two people who say they're not impressed by the promise of an investigation are early Uber investors Mitch and Freada Kapor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their own \u003ca href=\"https://shift.newco.co/an-open-letter-to-the-uber-board-and-investors-2dc0c48c3a7#.xhi3j48w6\">blog post\u003c/a>, they argue that the promised investigation is hardly independent. Holder and his law firm have been lobbying on behalf of Uber since last June, they say, and Huffington and Hornsey are company insiders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More damning, the Kapors says, the Fowler allegations and the company's response appear to repeat earlier behavior:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Silicon Valley prides itself on pattern recognition (often the umbrella under which all sorts of bias lives, but we digress) which supposedly helps them recognize the next Unicorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a couple of toxic patterns we have observed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all-hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investors in high growth, financially successful companies rarely, if ever, call out inexcusable behavior from founders or C-suite executives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of these patterns need to change. 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"content": "\u003cp>Waymo, the company that began as Google's self-driving-car project, is suing Uber, saying that when the company bought a startup founded by Waymo veterans, it also acquired thousands of design files stolen by those same former Waymo employees. Waymo \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/waymo/a-note-on-our-lawsuit-against-otto-and-uber-86f4f98902a1#.78q96tknf\" target=\"_blank\">is citing\u003c/a> forensic evidence — and an email that the company says inadvertently blew its former employees' cover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The startup in question is Otto, which was only months old when Uber bought it for \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-tech-volvo-otto-idUSKCN10T1TR\">roughly $680 million\u003c/a> last summer. The deal resulted in Uber putting Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski in charge of its self-driving-vehicle effort — which includes both trucking, a field Otto had focused on, and personal vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem, according to Waymo and Alphabet (Google's umbrella company) is that before he left, Levandowski \"took extraordinary efforts to raid Waymo's design server and then conceal his activities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waymo \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/waymo/a-note-on-our-lawsuit-against-otto-and-uber-86f4f98902a1#.9s91snwmx\">says it views Levandowski's actions\u003c/a> as \"part of a concerted plan to steal Waymo's trade secrets and intellectual property.\" In its court filing, the company says the plan was meant to help Uber recover from being \"more than five years behind\" in the race to develop reliable autonomous vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Requests for comment on the case from Uber and Otto were unanswered as of Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waymo's accusations center on LiDAR — essentially, the technology that allows self-driving vehicles to see the world around them by using lasers to shape an evolving 3-D image of other objects on the road. Waymo says it invested millions of dollars and thousands of hours to develop its advanced and cost-effective LiDAR sensors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waymo says Levandowski, who worked as a manager in its self-driving car project, downloaded nearly 10 gigabytes of data — more than 14,000 files — and attached an external hard drive to his company computer. A big chunk of that data, Waymo says, was related to LiDAR technology — including \"confidential specifications for each version of every generation of Waymo's LiDAR circuit boards,\" the company says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its lawsuit, Waymo also says its former employees who left to join Levandowski's new venture brought proprietary information with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These secrets included confidential supplier lists, manufacturing details and statements of work with highly technical information,\" the company says in its complaint, \"all of which reflected the results of Waymo's months-long, resource-intensive research into suppliers for highly specialized LiDAR sensor components.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LiDAR is also at the heart of an email that seems to have been sent to Waymo by mistake by a vendor who copied the company on a message to Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7dzPLynxaXuQjY3dkllZ2ZKb0k/view\">the complaint\u003c/a> filed in U.S. District Court:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Waymo was recently – and apparently inadvertently – copied on an email from one of its LiDAR component vendors. The email attached machine drawings of what purports to be an Uber LiDAR circuit board. This circuit board bears a striking resemblance to Waymo's own highly confidential and proprietary design and reflects Waymo trade secrets.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waymo accuses Levandowski of attempting to conceal his activity in the Waymo design server, saying that he installed a new operating system on his company-issued laptop in an attempt to wipe the laptop clean — and that after that activity, he only used the laptop again for a few minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the rough timeline of events Waymo alleges in its court filing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 11, 2015: Using special software, Levandowski downloads more than 14,000 files. Seven days later, he reformats the laptop.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan. 14, 2016: Levandowski attends a high-level meeting at Uber's headquarters, according to Waymo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan 15, 2016: Levandowski forms a new venture called 280 Systems, which will later becomes OttoMotto.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan. 27, 2016: Levandowski resigns from Waymo without notice, the company says.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feb. 1, 2016: Otto Trucking is officially formed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>August 18, 2016: Uber \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/rethinking-transportation/\">announces deal to acquire Otto\u003c/a> — \"shortly after Mr. Levandowski received his final multi-million-dollar payment from Google,\" Waymo notes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dec. 13, 2016: Waymo receives an errant email from a LiDAR-component vendor, including an attached image of a circuit board that Waymo says strongly resembles its \"highly confidential current-generation LiDAR circuit board.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feb. 9, 2016: Waymo receives documents from Nevada regulatory authorities that show Otto mentioned an \"[i]n-house custom built 64-laser\" LiDAR system that it said it had developed shortly before being acquired by Uber.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Along the way, Otto and Uber marked two high-profile milestones. Last September, Uber \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/pittsburgh-self-driving-uber/\">enacted a pilot program\u003c/a> using self-driving cars in Pittsburgh. And in October, Otto performed what was called \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/2016/10/ubers-self-driving-truck-makes-first-delivery-50000-beers/\">the world's first autonomous truck delivery\u003c/a>\" in Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While at Google, Anthony Levandowski was widely regarded as a star, a gifted engineer with a knack for integrating his work into the real world. The Ghost Rider robotic motorcycle he led the development of now belongs to \u003ca href=\"http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1332301\">the Smithsonian\u003c/a>. He joined Google back in 2007 — and in 2013, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/25/auto-correct\">New Yorker profile\u003c/a> said of him, \"Levandowski is equal parts idealist and voracious capitalist. 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"content": "\u003cp>Uber's self-driving cars will keep ferrying passengers around San Francisco, the ride-hailing company said Friday, despite California regulators threatening legal action if the service is not suspended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber began the pilot project Wednesday with a few Volvo SUVs that are tricked out with a suite of sensors allowing them to steer, brake and accelerate. A person sits behind the wheel, just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Motor Vehicles condemned the launch, demanding the company pull the cars unless the state grants a special permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"4VeyMhVmezkV81ul9RY7GSFvaxlzE0rz\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee sided with regulators. But showing the level of interest in the technology, the mayor of Beverly Hills on Friday voiced his support for Uber testing without the state permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with Uber and the state have talked several times this week in what the leader of the company's self-driving program described as \"frank conversations.\" Anthony Levandowski's comments in a Friday conference call with reporters show that Uber is not swayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawyers insist that Uber's cars are \"autonomous vehicles\" that require a permit to ply public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levandowski said he respectfully disagrees, arguing Uber does not need the permit that 20 other companies testing the technology in California have gotten because it has backup drivers behind the wheel monitoring the cars. That means the Volvos are not \"autonomous vehicles\" under the state's definition, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levandowski likened the Volvos' abilities to those of Tesla cars that have the Autopilot feature allowing them to keep their lane, brake and accelerate without a person touching the wheel. He wondered why the thousands of Teslas on California roads don't need a permit if Uber's cars do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. In a letter Wednesday, the DMV wrote, \"If Uber does not confirm immediately that it will stop its launch and seek a testing permit, DMV will initiate legal action,\" without elaborating on what that might entail.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> California regulators are meeting privately with officials from Uber to hammer home their demand that the ride-service company immediately stop picking up San Francisco passengers in self-driving cars -- or face legal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safety was sure to be front and center: Dash cam video posted online showed a self-driving Uber run a red light Wednesday, the same day the company launched the pilot program with several Volvo SUVs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CdJ4oae8f4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Publicly, both sides have dug into opposing positions. The state insists Uber must shut down the new self-driving service until it obtains a special permit for testing on public roads, while Uber says the cars are exempt from the permit requirement because they have a backup driver behind the wheel who must monitor the car's performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber attributed the red light infraction to \"human error\" and said the driver had been suspended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The California Department of Motor Vehicles has ordered Uber to halt use of self-driving vehicles, a service the company launched in San Francisco early Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter sent Wednesday afternoon to Anthony Levandowski, the chief of Uber's Advanced Technology Group, DMV Chief Counsel Brian Soublet noted the company did not seek the required state permit for autonomous vehicles. 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You can opt for a standard ride, with driver, if the self-driving thing doesn't appeal to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"mQwVlsCIDLeD9c8cpOd3uc66EQkefyUu\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says the ride experience will be a little different from its standard UberX service: Passengers won't be able to change destinations once a trip starts, for instance, and the Volvos come with an interior camera system to record customers so the company can \"learn more about how we can improve the self-driving experience for our riders.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The camera system will also reportedly allow passengers to take selfies of themselves to share with the social media universe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cars aren't truly driverless: A human operator is on board during the service and sits in the driver's seat, making sure the automated system behaves itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The launch, coming \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/13/s-f-transportation-officials-blame-uber-lyft-for-traffic-congestion/\" target=\"_blank\">amid complaints\u003c/a> from city officials that tens of thousands of ride-service cars are adding to traffic congestion, was accompanied by a video showing an idyllic, gridlock-free San Francisco (with a cameo appearance from Sausalito).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/OKJK3_XIGD4\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So after looking at the video -- music by Chicago's GoldFord, by the way -- what's the controversy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not clear that Uber, famous for not asking regulators' permission or forgiveness when it wants to do something on the public byways, has gotten an OK from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to run its self-driving service here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New York Times summarizes the issue and Uber's stance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“All of our vehicles are compliant with applicable federal and state laws,” an Uber spokeswoman said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company said that under California’s DMV definition, autonomous vehicles are those that drive “without the active physical control or monitoring of a natural person.” Uber said its self-driving cars, which require a human behind the wheel to monitor or control them, did not fall under that strict definition.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The DMV, which has granted permits to Google, General Motors and Tesla among others to test autonomous vehicles in the state, issued a statement in response to questions about Uber's self-driving service:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The California DMV encourages the responsible exploration of self-driving cars. We have a permitting process in place to ensure public safety as this technology is being tested. Twenty manufacturers have already obtained permits to test hundreds of cars on California roads. Uber shall do the same.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/san-francisco-your-self-driving-uber-is-arriving-now/\" target=\"_blank\">a blog post\u003c/a> published Wednesday, Anthony Levandowski, the chief of Uber's Advanced Technology Group, argued that the state should get on board with the company's program:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... There is a more fundamental point — how and when companies should be able to engineer and operate self-driving technology. We have seen different approaches to this question. Most states see the potential benefits, especially when it comes to road safety. And several cities and states have recognized that complex rules and requirements could have the unintended consequence of slowing innovation. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The California Department of Motor Vehicles has ordered Uber to halt use of self-driving vehicles, a service the company launched in San Francisco early Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter sent Wednesday afternoon to Anthony Levandowski, the chief of Uber's Advanced Technology Group, DMV Chief Counsel Brian Soublet noted the company did not seek the required state permit for autonomous vehicles. He said the agency is prepared to go to court if Uber fails to immediately pull its self-driving cars -- a group of Volvo XC90s -- off the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is illegal for the company to operate its self-driving vehicles on public roads until it receives an autonomous vehicle testing permit,\" Soublet wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In announcing the launch of the self-driving cars, Uber conceded it had not sought a state permit. 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