Waymo starts offering autonomous rides in San Francisco https://t.co/VDQZpQA9tv pic.twitter.com/dV0ixy9h0Z

— The Verge (@verge) August 24, 2021

.@Waymo starts offering #autonomous rides in #SanFranciscohttps://t.co/7x1tCsqkol#Waymo #SelfDrivingCars #AI #IoT #5G #AutonomousVehicles #selfdriving #Robotics #driverless #driverlesscars #startups #startup #Robot #SmartCity #Travel #tech #Robots #MachineLearning #mobility pic.twitter.com/OnJBehE5sb

— guidaautonoma (@guidaautonoma) August 24, 2021

(and good catch from @verge: riders will have to sign NDAs. https://t.co/D9ezyRKTPR)

— Mark Bergen (@mhbergen) August 24, 2021

Waymo starts offering autonomous rides in San Francisco https://t.co/EI9wnhL7vv pic.twitter.com/Xay5VPuCZ3

— Verge Transportation (@vergecars) August 24, 2021

Google: We are so confident in and proud of our new self-driving service we want absolutely no one taking about it. — we’re prepared to sue if they dohttps://t.co/5dl1cr0TyV pic.twitter.com/fUb2b7h8qc

— ???? ?????????. (@GregBensinger) August 24, 2021

I guess if Waymo cars mess up and hurt somebody, you won't see it on YouTube. So much for transparency.

Waymo starts offering autonomous rides in San Francisco, requires NDA https://t.co/s8gTv9qfLa via @Verge

— Russ Mitchell (@russ1mitchell) August 24, 2021

Enjoy your ride:https://t.co/oqDmfUqiQ7

— ???? ?????????. (@GregBensinger) August 24, 2021

Some San Franciscans now can hail a robo-car ride.https://t.co/pCHplCeZAJ

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 24, 2021

Waymo's pilot program will select participants to use its app to hail free rides in the company’s self-driving white electric Jaguar I-Pace cars, which will have back-up drivers behind the wheel.https://t.co/f73cIcfi8g pic.twitter.com/XiWcVq2xO4

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 24, 2021

Waymo's initial territory will include the Sunset, Richmond, Pac Heights, the Castro, and Haight Ashbury and will expand over time.https://t.co/f73cIcfi8g pic.twitter.com/ua62kSbyZP

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 24, 2021

This announcement signals a key opportunity for AV companies & regulators to apply lessons from cities’ experiences with TNCs; (1)https://t.co/jbIxyxAckG

— SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) August 24, 2021

Free robo taxi rides in S.F., courtesy of Waymo. But you have to be selected for its test program https://t.co/tJuDx7IyKk via @sfchronicle

— Carolyn Said (@CSaid) August 24, 2021

Waymo is being close-mouthed about details, including how people can score the Willy Wonka golden ticket for robo rides to their errands, work, school and other in-city destinations.https://t.co/f73cIcfi8g

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 24, 2021

While ridehail offered user convenience, it significantly worsened safety, wheelchair access + congestion in cities. We hope robotaxis will partner with cities & learn from predecessors' failures as they test new models https://t.co/E8JZRRqqZE

— Jeffrey Tumlin ?️‍? (@jeffreytumlin) August 24, 2021

Some San Franciscans now can hail a robo-car ride courtesy of Waymo, the autonomous car maker backed by Google parent Alphabet.https://t.co/d2VbYGPUmz

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 24, 2021

New Waymo Early Rider program in SF, appears to be covered by NDA https://t.co/WYzYHdAwdb

— Joel Johnson (@jjricks_) August 24, 2021