Posted 2/28/2024, 1:56:38 AM
Apple Scraps Secret Self-Driving Car Project After 10 Years, Shifts Focus to AI
- Apple has ended its secret 10-year project to build a self-driving electric car, called Project Titan internally
- Hundreds of employees who worked on Project Titan will be shifted to AI divisions instead
- The project is estimated to have cost Apple billions of dollars, with around 2,000 employees working on it
- Many Project Titan employees are expected to be laid off, though the exact number is unclear
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk welcomed the news, commenting with a saluting emoji and cigarette emoji on social media