A Solar Superstorm Caused a GPS Glitch Bad Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars

https://gizmodo.com/a-solar-superstorm-caused-a-gps-glitch-bad-enough-to-crash-self-driving-cars-2000806428

The massive eruption threw GPS readings off by more than 33 feet (10 meters).

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Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 4d (1 reply)

Garbage headline. Self driving cars use GPS for navigation, not collision avoidance. They use lidar, cameras, and radar for this.

Would it make them possibly misnavigate when there are multiple close driveways? Sure. It's not causing crashes though, as evidenced by the lack of crashes caused by this storm.

This article title is deliberately misleading.

Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 4d

This was my gut feeling, bullshit article that makes no sense.

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 4d

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TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 4d

I think self driving cars are doing a fine job fucking up all the time even in the absence of solar flares.

LMurch@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 4d

Bro, maybe self-driving cars are not it. 🤷