3 ms·
"To be clear, while we do not believe that any trade secrets made their way from Waymo to Uber, nor do we believe that Uber has used any of Waymo’s proprietary
by robterrell 9y ago
"To be clear, while we do not believe that any trade secrets made their way from Waymo to Uber, nor do we believe that Uber has used any of Waymo’s proprietary information in its self-driving technology, we are taking steps with Waymo to ensure our Lidar and software represents just our good work."
I feel like there's a contradiction inside this sentence.
Is this an admission that some of Uber's technology came from Waymo, but merely things that are not trade secrets / proprietary information?
- philfrasty 9y agoWhile there may in fact be some truths to the allegations this seems more like a standard settlement phrase to me. Got sued a lot of times myself for various (business related) reasons. Sometimes just faster to pay than see how it plays out.
- woodandsteel 9y agoIt is not a straight-forward admission of guilt, but it is much more of an admission than you usually see in these sorts of cases. It seems pretty clear that the new CEO thinks they had some real ethics problems at Uber, and is sincerely working to straighten things out.