Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has warned that Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) self-driving service Waymo is employing remote workers in the Philippines to guide AVs in some situations.

This Should Scare Us All

In a post on the social media platform X on Thursday, the senator criticized Waymo for using remote workers. He shared that he "got Waymo to admit" that it was "using people 8000 miles away in the Philippines" to help guide the company's autonomous cabs in the U.S.

"This should scare us all. It must end," Markey shared in the post. He had quoted a video that showed Waymo's Chief Safety Officer, Dr. Mauricio Peña, at the Senate Committee of Commerce hearing, confirming that Waymo used employees based in the Philippines to guide its AVs.

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