Tim Cook confirms Apple is working on self-driving cars

Apple's chief executive Tim Cook has confirmed that the company is working on software for self-driving cars for the first time. The company has long been rumoured to be working on driverless technology, and recently autonomous vehicles have been spotted around its California headquarters. But Apple, which has already invested heavily in machine learning and automation in computing, had refused to reveal its plans on cars until now. In a recent interview, Mr Cook finally confirmed Apple's intentions, describing self-driving technology as'the mother of all AI [artificial intelligence] projects'. Apple's chief executive Tim Cook (pictured in 2014) has confirmed that the company are working on self-driving car technology for the first time.