“As for what’s next for me, I plan to spend time with my family and explore some new ideas. Thanks for the great ride!” Vogt wrote.

kind of a tone-deaf statement

The headline misses the real controversy - they tried to cover up the incident and only reported what actually happened after the government came back and asked questions, because the reports from first responders didn’t line up with what Cruise themselves had reported.

There are also rumors of internal people who felt the cars weren’t safe, with a list of scenarios they didn’t handle acceptably. The cars really should have had human safety drivers ready to override the car while fixing those issues.

It would be a nice precedent, every time an ai fucks up the legal responsibility escalates directly to the CEO.