A investigation also found that Uber had received reports of sexual abuse or misconduct every eight minutes between 2017 to 2022. In response, Uber stated that 75 percent of these reports were less serious. A Phoenix court subsequently found Uber partially liable for rape and violence its drivers committed against passengers . Uber has since expanded its safety measures, and now runs background checks on the past 99 years of a driver's life rather than just seven.

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Take a walk around San Francisco this summer and you'll see something curious: Jaguar SUVs and Chevrolet hatchbacks driving around with no one inside. The ghostly vehicles are owned and operated by Google spinoff Waymo and General Motors subsidiary Cruise. Soon there will likely be a lot more of them, because last week, the companies received a state regulator's permission to operate paid robotaxi services anywhere in the city around the clock, after years and billions spent on testing and development. San Francisco's 10,000-odd Uber and Lyft drivers have already gotten used to sharing the road with trainee machines designed to make their work obsolete. From that front-row seat they have watched the robots trigger on-road drama that has angered city officials, as the self-driving vehicles have blocked fire trucks, emergency vehicles, and city buses, and caused jams by "freezing" in traffic.

Some Uber and Lyft vehicles will soon have digital tablets in back seats that display ads and track riders' faces to gauge reactions. Alfi--a self-described'AI enterprise SaaS platform company powering computer vision with machine learning models'-- announced last week it is providing drivers of both ride-sharing companies with 10,000 camera equipped devices, However, it seems both Uber and Lyft are in the dark about this new venture. Noah Edwardsen, head of corporate communications at Uber, told DailyMail.com: So if this is happening, it is something they are doing with drivers individually.' While a Lyft spokes person told DailyMail.com:

Some Uber drivers in New York City want to see a decrease in the commission taken by the company. SAN FRANCISCO -- Gig economy workers are increasingly ubiquitous, shuttling us to appointments and delivering our food while working for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and others. Thanks in large part to the app-based tech boom emanating from this city, 36% of U.S. workers participate in the gig economy, according to Gallup. But not all gigs are created equal, Gallup adds, noting that so-called "contingent gig workers" experience their workplace "like regular employees do, just without the benefits of a traditional job -- benefits, pay and security." California lawmakers are weighing what is considered a pro-worker bill that, if passed into law, would set a national precedent that fundamentally redefines the relationship between worker and boss by forcing corporations to pay up.

A former Uber and Lyft driver has been dropped from both platforms after it was revealed that he secretly livestreamed his passengers online. Jason Gargac, a 32-year-old aspiring police officer from Missouri, would regularly broadcast his rides to thousands of subscribers on the livestreaming service Twitch, according to local reports. His riders – of which there were reportedly more than 700 in the last four months – rarely knew they were being broadcast. I'm embarrassed," one passenger told the St Lous Post-Dispatch, who first reported the story. "We got in an Uber at 2am to be safe, and then I find out that because of that, everything I said in that car is online and people are watching me.