Apple may not be building a self-driving car, but it sure cares a lot about rules for self-driving cars - Recode

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"Apple has spelled them out in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where the company says it is “investing heavily in the study of machine learning and automation and is excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation.”

That doesn’t mean Apple is actually building a self-driving car — a series of reports indicates that Apple had been interested in that idea, but now seems more likely to be licensing out its software for other people’s self-driving cars.

But the letter does suggest that Apple wants to keep its options open if it does decide to build a car."

Apple may not be building a self-driving car, but it sure cares a lot about rules for self-driving cars - Recode