时间:2025-04-04 05:25:46 来源:网络整理编辑:焦點
If you thought the Waymo v. Uber trial wrapped up when the companies settled early last year ... wel
If you thought the Waymo v. Uber trial wrapped up when the companies settled early last year ... well, nope.
An unsealed federal indictment Tuesday revealed 33 charges against engineer-turned-executive Anthony Levandowski, whose arraignment is set for this afternoon in San Jose. If convicted, Levandowski faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Levandowski was an engineer at what was then called Project Chauffeur at Google (it later became Waymo) before he started his own autonomous truck company, Otto, in 2015. That business was quickly snatched up for $680 million by Uber, which was starting to develop its own self-driving car program.
The indictment states that Levandowski took 14,000 files related to light sensors, or LiDAR, from Google, put them on his personal laptop, and brought them to Uber.
The indictment is already affecting the self-driving industry. Last year, Levandowski launched a new driver assistance company called Pronto focused on truck drivers. When the charges were unsealed Tuesday, the company announced that Levandowski was no longer the CEO and Pronto's chief safety officer would take on the role.
"The criminal charges filed against Anthony relate exclusively to [LiDAR] and do not in any way involve Pronto’s ground-breaking technology," the statement read. "Of course, we are fully supportive of Anthony and his family during this period."
When Pronto first launched, Levandowski wrote a blog post that included the line, "Yes, I'm back."
Waymo's response to the indictment over its stolen materials was measured, calling Levandowski a "former Project Chauffeur employee." A spokesperson said in an email, "We have always believed competition should be fueled by innovation, and we appreciate the work of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI on this case.”
Uber fired Levandowski in 2017. In response to the charges, a spokesperson said, "We’ve cooperated with the government throughout their investigation and will continue to do so.”
Back in February 2018, after four days of testimony (we heard nothing from Levandowski, who invoked the Fifth Amendment), Waymo and Uber settled, with Uber agreeing to give Google parent company Alphabet .34 percent equity, worth $245 million.
UPDATE: Aug. 27, 2019, 4:40 p.m. PDT A statement from Uber was added above.
TopicsSelf-Driving CarsUber
Researchers create temporary tattoos you can use to control your devices2025-04-04 05:10
重慶隊官方:主帥張外龍父親昨日去世 本月中旬將返回重慶2025-04-04 05:07
熱議亞泰退出亞冠 :無奈卻不失理性 放棄正常沒啥好指責的2025-04-04 04:54
吳金貴四度執教申花隻差官宣 能力+情感因素他是最合適人選2025-04-04 04:48
Ivanka Trump's unpaid interns share cringeworthy financial advice2025-04-04 03:28
瓜帥:敘利亞等地都在遭受戰亂 隻有百姓無辜受苦2025-04-04 03:19
上海女足官宣四人加盟 :亞洲杯奪冠功臣 國門朱鈺領銜2025-04-04 03:10
奧斯卡自曝佩雷拉力邀加盟科林蒂安 :我拒絕了也許以後可以2025-04-04 02:58
What brands need to know about virtual reality2025-04-04 02:49
記者:中超隊仍在運作迭戈科斯塔 海港不會引進艾克森2025-04-04 02:43
You will love/hate Cards Against Humanity's new fortune cookies2025-04-04 05:19
亞足聯官方 :中國隊同沙特隊的主場比賽將在阿聯酋沙迦舉行2025-04-04 05:19
1日賠率 :米蘭戰國米不敗 曼城輕鬆取勝熱刺防平2025-04-04 05:18
1日賠率:米蘭戰國米不敗 曼城輕鬆取勝熱刺防平2025-04-04 05:18
Give your kitchen sponge a rest on this adorable bed2025-04-04 05:18
切爾西前瞻:身價=對手40多倍 藍軍眾將士體能堪憂2025-04-04 04:41
中超BIG4球員 :現在亞冠就是允許有10個外援 ,有意義嗎?2025-04-04 04:30
英媒 :C羅似乎已經崩潰 朗尼克對他漸漸失去耐心2025-04-04 04:00
Dramatic photo captures nun texting friends after Italy earthquake2025-04-04 03:39
曝吳金貴將回歸申花出任主教練 動蕩時期麵臨諸多挑戰2025-04-04 02:59