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Elon Musk says Tesla's latest beta self-driving software is ‘not great’ - CNBC

Last updated Monday, August 23, 2021 18:14 ET , Source: NewsService

Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021.

Patrick Pleul | Reuters

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday called the latest release of the company’s experimental driver assistance software, FSD Beta 9.2, “actually not great” on Twitter.

Specifically, Musk wrote:

“FSD Beta 9.2 is actually not great imo, but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve as fast as possible. We’re trying to have a single stack for both highway & city streets, but it requires massive NN retraining.”

The company sells a Full Self-Driving capability (or FSD) package for $10,000 or $199 per month in the US. This premium driver assistance system does not make Tesla electric vehicles safe for use without an attentive driver behind the wheel.

Nine hours after his critical remark, Musk added another tweet to the same thread saying he had just tested FSD Beta version 9.3 driving from Pasadena to Los Angeles airport and he found it “much improved.” FSD Beta 9.3 is not yet available to the thousands of Tesla drivers in the FSD Beta program.

FSD Beta is available only to some drivers who previously purchased FSD and Tesla employees. The beta version features new or newly revised functionality that is added to the car’s premium driver assistance features.

Drivers usually agree to keep their experiences private, though some public FSD Beta users are allowed to post videos to social media showing off and critiquing the...



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