Tesla fired employee who reviewed its driver assist features on YouTube
by James Vincent from The Verge - All Posts on (#5X5M5)
Image: YouTube / AI Addict Tesla has a complicated relationship with customers who pay to test the beta version of its Full Sell Driving" software. Often, these people are diehard fans, keen to promote the company's prowess and show off its new driver assist features. Sometimes, though, they overshare - posting videos that show exactly when and how Tesla's software gets it wrong.
When the person sharing these clips also works for Tesla, things are even more complicated. John Bernal, a former Tesla employee who reviewed the company's FSD Beta software on his YouTube channel AI Addict says he was fired by the company last month after posting a video that showed his Tesla hitting a bollard.
Bernal says he was told his YouTube channel was a conflict of interest"
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