Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies
Summary
Uber plans to outfit its millions of drivers' cars with sensors to gather real-world data for autonomous-vehicle developers. The AV Labs program aims to build an AV cloud—a library of labeled sensor data—shared with partner firms, plus shadow-mode testing. Uber says this is about democratizing data, not monetizing it, but the initiative could reshape data access for the AV industry and regulatory considerations remain.