Waymo opens driverless robotaxi service in Phoenix to locals who can't share experiences online

Waymo is rolling out its driverless robotaxi service in Phoenix for members of the Alphabet-owned company's'trusted tester' program - but users can't share their experience on social media and must sign a nondisclosure agreement. The company calls these trips'rider only' to signify that's there's no human behind the wheel and people who hail them will be ferried around in a Jaguar I-Pace EV in downtown Phoenix. Trusted testers are prohibited from sharing their experiences on social media or with journalists and they must sign a nondisclosure agreement. Waymo is rolling out its driverless robotaxi service in Phoenix for members of the Alphabet-owned company's'trusted tester' program User who participate in the trusted tester program can't share their experience on social media or with journalists and must sign a nondisclosure agreement Back in May, Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov said at a TechCrunch event that the company had begun allowing its own employees to hail rides without drivers in downtown Phoenix. Waymo has allowed local residents to apply to be trusted testers since 2017, but the service still had human safety operators behind the wheel until October 2020 when the driverless effort was officially launched.