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Tesla’s own AI trainers don’t trust ‘Full Self-Driving’ or its safety stats, Reuters finds

A Reuters investigation found that Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" safety statistics are based on flawed methodology, and that the company's own data labelers who train the AI system do not trust the technology to drive them. The report, based on interviews with former Tesla employees and traffic-safety researchers, reveals a significant gap between the company's safety marketing and the reality of its autonomous driving program.

read1 min publishedMay 28, 2026

A major Reuters investigation published today reveals that Tesla’s widely touted “Full Self-Driving” safety statistics are built on deeply flawed methodology — and that the company’s own data labelers, the workers who train the AI system, don’t trust the technology to drive them.

The report, based on interviews with nine former Tesla data labelers, a former self-driving engineer, and 11 traffic-safety researchers, paints a damning picture of the gap between Tesla’s safety marketing and the reality of its autonomous driving program.

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