Elon Musk ordered to 'stop using deepfakes' in Tesla crash case

Tesla has been criticized by the U.S. transportation regulator for publishing a fatal crash involving one of its electric vehicles on «autopilot». Credit: KTVU-TV

Tesla said Mr. Huang's hands were not found on the steering wheel several times in the 19 minutes leading up to the crash, during which his autopilot sounded two visual and one audible alarms. driving without interference.

According to an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, Mr. Huang was playing the Three Kingdoms video game on his phone at the time of the accident.

Legal lawyers for Huang's family requested Tesla has documents supporting Mr. Musk's numerous public statements between 2014 and 2017 about the company's progress in developing autonomous driving technology.

Some of these statements have been cited. in recent lawsuits against consumers accusing Tesla of failing to deliver on Mr. Musk's longstanding promise to produce a fully self-driving car.

The family's lawyers allege that Tesla failed to properly respond to their demands for information during the pre-trial investigation and asked a judge to sanction the company.

But Judge Pennypacker denied that request in an order on Wednesday.