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Waymo’s autonomous taxis remain strangely drawn to floodwater

Jason Weisberger
May 21, 2026
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Waymo (Iv-olga / Shutterstock.com)

Somewhere inside the neural net is apparently a very determined salmon.

Waymo has reportedly suspended robotaxi operations in yet another city after one of its autonomous vehicles drove directly into floodwater and got stuck, continuing the fleet’s ongoing scientific inquiry into whether roads and rivers are, spiritually…

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