• This Week In Rideshare: Rideshare Insurance, Algorithms and AI Error.

  • Jan 24 2025
  • Length: 17 mins
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This Week In Rideshare: Rideshare Insurance, Algorithms and AI Error.

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  • Insurance chaos, gig workers with no control and AI has errors. LegalRideshare breaks it down. NYC TO STABLIZE RIDESHARE INSURANCE NYC is trying to calm the chaos of insurance. Bloomberg reported: Two of the bills would make it easier to adjust insurance rates and allow regulators to phase increases after American Transit was criticized for offering drivers premiums far lower than its competitors. The proposals follow a November meeting held by state officials and industry stakeholders to discuss solutions to address ATIC's insolvency. ATIC has sought regulatory approval to raise rates as part of measures to re-mediate its financial situation, though driver representatives and rideshare companies including Uber Technologies Inc. have warned it would increase drivers' expenses and make rides more expensive for consumers. COURIER ALGORITHM NIGHTMARE The algorithms for couriers have become a nightmare. The Guardian reported: This week gig workers, trade unions and human rights groups launched a campaign for greater openness from Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo about the logic underpinning opaque algorithms that determine what work they do and what they are paid. The couriers wonder why someone who has only just logged on gets a gig while others waiting longer are overlooked. Why, when the restaurant is busy and crying out for couriers, does the app say there are none available? “It's an absolute nightmare,” says the driver, adding that they permanently lost access to one of the platforms over a matter of a “max five minutes” wait in getting to a restaurant while he finished another job for a different app. Sometimes he gets logged out for a couple of hours because his beard has grown, confusing the facial recognition software. But similar frustrations simmer in Lincoln, where at 9pm one evening, Lucas Myron was delivering burgers, fried chicken and groceries when without warning a chunk of his work stopped. One of the two takeaway apps he used suddenly ceased to function. Without warning, half of the father-of-one's gig economy income vanished. FORGIVING AI Uber's CEO asks for forgiveness...for AI. Business Insider reported: Society will have to weigh up the acceptable level of errors from AI in real-world systems like robotaxis versus its potential benefits, Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said. Khosrowshahi pointed to the safety record of autonomous vehicle giant Waymo, a subsidiary of Google owner Alphabet, as an example. Google's chief investment officer, Ruth Porat, responded that while Waymo's technology was “meaningfully safer” than that operated by human beings, “there is more forgiveness when it's a human” making a mistake. A report produced by Waymo in partnership with the Swiss Reinsurance Company said that its fleet of autonomous cars was safer than human drivers. The report, published in December, said that Waymo's cars faced 90% fewer insurance claims related to bodily harm. Still, self-driving cars have faced backlash amid some high-profile safety incidents. Last year, Waymo issued a recall after two of its cars crashed into a pickup truck, while Tesla's Full Self-Driving system has been involved in multiple incidents. Khosrowshahi asked how society should weigh up the mistakes of machines and algorithms “versus the benefits of AI coming into the forefront.” LegalRideshare is the first law firm in the United States to focus exclusively on Uber®, Lyft®, gig workers, delivery and e-scooter accidents and injuries. Consultations are always free.
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