kyle vogt says he plans to spend time with family and explore new ideas.ngineering will take the role of president along with general counsel. self-driving technology costs a lot of money, it's fraught with regulation, and now executive changes at the top robotaxis, one of the most promising technologies, along with generative ai here in san francisco thrown into doubt as well. >> i think this one feels almost more impactful i understand people say that ai is going to kill off humanity, but cruise was involved literally in fatal accidents, so it feels like there's more details about this partnership and the wisdom of san francisco regulators in letting them have their way on the streets, and so where do we go next for those who would like to see autonomous driving down the road? >> i mean, the whole point of autonomous driving is to make the roads safer. you don't have drivers who get tired, you don't have drivers who drink and drive, you don't have drivers that are sleepy but regulators, and we spoke with a number of them, say that there's not enough tran

ceo kyle vogt is out.esignation comes as the san francisco based company faces public and regulatory scrutiny. on october second, an accident ended with one of cruise's self driving robo taxis dragging a pedestrian. >> number two, overnight, microsoft announced ousted openai ceo sam altman is joining microsoft to lead a new advanced ai research team. altman was fired from the san francisco based company on friday after the board said it lost confidence in him. >> number three, elon musk is planning to file a lawsuit today as more advertisers are pulling away from x formerly known as twitter. companies are pulling ads after musk agreed with a post echoing an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that theory falsely claims jews are organizing immigrants to replace the white race. >> remember, for defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in kiev overnight on an unannounced visit. the defense department says he'll be having high level talks with ukrainian leadership and will meet with the country's president today. >>

it comes a day after cruise ceo and co-founder kyle vogt resigned from the company owned by general motors. he did not give a reason when he announced his departure on x last night, but reuters reports he wrote in a letter t■o employees he company veered off course under his leadership. >>> about a month ago the california dmv suspended cruise from operating without a driver in its cars in san francisco. it was prompted by an incident last month where a cruise car actually hit a pedestrian and dragged her after she was struck first by another car. the dmv claims cruise withheld the entirety of the footage of the accident, which cruise denies. >>> members of congress say they want elon musk to clean up his act -- that's a quote -- after he endorsed a post on his social media platform that spreads an anti-semitic theory about jewish communities. jamie raskin says he's working on an official letter asking musk to denounce the tweet. disney, ibm, apple, comcast, lionsgate and paramount, parent company of cbs news, are leaving x. yesterday musk claims he is anti-semitic posting nothing could be

kyle vogt posting on ax. quote, i resigned from my position as ceo adding he plans to spend time with family and explore some new ideas. earlier this month, the company announced it is planning to lay off third-party vendors. driverless operations have also been suspended and a recall was placed on all vehicles. cruz is also c-rrently under investigation by state senator dave cortese. he's looking into how the gm owned company was able to get a permit in the first place to operate in test. it's driverless cars here in california, despite a series of safety issues in san francisco vote says that he believes the company has a great future. ahead. today is world day of remembrance for road traffic victims. it's a time to think about those who have died in traffic accidents and families they left behind. it also serves as a time to urge for more safety legislation. a record number of commemorations are planned across the country to mark this occasion. walk. san francisco created a memorial as you can see right he

the company's cofounder and chief product officer daniel cann has resigned one day after the ceo kyle vogt quit. he abruptly resigned yesterday. he made the announcement in a series of posts on twitter. today a spokesperson for cruise said daniel cann announced his resignation in a slack message. the evp of engineering will now serve as the president and cto. the staffing shake-up comes after a series of setbacks for the autonomous car company. we've documented a lot of their issues in the bay area. in the last few weeks, crews pulled all of its driverless cars off the road after the dmv revoked key permissions for the vehicles. the company has also recalled its software and announced layoffs. >>> food for thought as millions of americans begin hitting the road for thanksgiving this week. the u.s. sees more than 42,000 traffic deaths per year, now a road safety researcher says he believes part of the problem is u.s. road design. david zipper says the wide straight lanes on most roads give drivers a false sense of safety when driving at high speeds. >> fast car trips can coexist with street

. >> cruise co-founder dan, can quit just a day after the company's ceo, kyle vogt, resigned. told staff he was stepping down in a slack message today. a vogt announced his departure yesterday. both decisions follow the recall of 950 cruise autonomous vehicles after a cruise car dragged a pedestrian on a san francisco street last month. general motors driverless car unit was recently ordered to stop operations in california ahead of tonight's monday night football game. >> the woman who will be happy she no matter who wins, as i'm sure everybody is tired of our family in some respects. >> i don't know about that. the mom with a son on both teams and now she's making a name for herself. stay for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. coming up next. you can see all this great stuff. in the meantime. yes, the nfl's favorite mom. >> yeah. as her sons gear up to face each other on the field tonight, abc news reporter will reeve c

kyle vogt posting on x. >> i resigned from my position as ceo adding he plans to spend time with family and explore some new ideas. earlier this month, the company said it was planning to lay off third-party vendors. driverless operations were also suspended recently in a recall was place on all vehicles. it's been tumultuous there. cruz is also currently under investigation by state senator dave cortese. he's looking into how the company was able to get a permit in the first place to operate and test. it's driverless cars in california, despite the series of safety issues in san francisco vote says he believes the company has a great future. ahead. >> meantime, at a has announced it is getting rid of the division, the men to regulate the safety of artificial intelligence as the field continues to expand at a rapid pace, they say anyone in that division will now be moved to a different team. a spokesperson for meta reassure the public amid the restructuring, the company will continue to prioritize and invest in safe and responsible ai development. new at 5, a traffic advisory for people

usually right there's a leadership shakeup when a company is not doing well, such as cruise's ceo, kyle vogt, stepping down after many axios events that were in the news. but openai, as you said, is kind of on top of the world, right? it's beating all its competitors as the valuation is so high it could go public. it's revolutionized the world researchers the way we study and all that. so why now? what happened? >> i don't think we'll ever know what happened. i mean, there's theories that there was some sort of a power struggle, right? maybe it is because they chatgpt is so popular. in truth, we just don't know. but because openai is so popular and is used so widely. right now, this is why it is a shakeup, right? there's people who are comparing to what happened to openai when steve jobs got fired at apple. right. it made news. and this is making news. and i think now the story is going to be of what is going to happen with openai now that sam altman is no longer there. >> right. i mean, you're right. you mentioned steve jobs. there's definitely parallels there, right? it's like he created t

she resigned yesterday with this post on access name is kyle vogt and he says i resign my position ceo in the anti plans, mister spend more time with his family and explore some new ideas. >> earlier in the months as you probably remember, crews, it said they were going to lay off a 3rd party vendors and than before that driverless operations were suspended. there was that recall placed on all the crews vehicles and cruises are currently under investigation by state senator dave cortese who is looking into how the company got the permit to operate and test. driverless cars in california. the first place despite the series of safety issues in san francisco vote, the former ceo says he believes the company has a great future ahead, openai higher twitch co-founder image cheer as their new interim ceo. she made that announcement this morning on x, formerly known as twitter. all comes after co-founder and ceo sam altman was fired last week after the board became concerning altman's ability to lead openai. still unclear what those concerns were. almond help start openai is a nonprofit resear

. >> very different story over the weekend, kyle vogt stepped down voluntarily. altman was fired.ise technology essentially doesn't work the way they want it to. general motors responded by just getting rid of the ceo position altogether, openai, as i was saying, appointed not one, but two ceos in two days. >> what happens next? does altman return to ai? >> i suspect so. there are so many employees saying they're ready to leave. altman is more than qualified to take the position. >> what if he says no? >> that will be interesting. the thing, again, this is microsoft. microsoft will be okay pushing him back to openai. remember, they partially -- they own openai and i kind of expect microsoft immediately hired him in order to hold onto him, so they could bring him back to openai. >> it's all still playing out, and a lot of comments this morning. >> for sure. >> thank you very much. >>> taking a live look at downtown san jose this morning, this is where the holiday spirit is coming alive, because tonight marks the official opening of downtown ice on south market street. this is after

kyle vogt posted on x, quote, i resigned from my position as ceo and added he plans to spend time with family and explore some new ideas. and earlier in the month, we told you how crews is going to be planning for layoffs, a third-party vendors there laying those off driverless operations have been suspended, as you know, and there's a recall on all of the cruise vehicles and cruz is currently under investigation by state sen jay dave cortez e who is looking into how the company was able to get a permit to operate and test driverless cars in california and the first place, even though now it suspended despite the series of safety issues that happened in san francisco vote says he believes the company has a great future. ahead. openai has hired twix, co-founder and it shear as its new interim ceo. sheer just made the announcement on acts. and here's what we know about this. this comes after the co-founder and ceo sam altman was fired last year. the board became concerned about his ability to lead openai is unclear what the concerns were, though. altman help to start openai as a nonprofi

. >> new at 11 now the ceo of self-driving car company cruise is out kyle vogt took to x to announceis resignation tonight. he didn't give an exact reason for resigning, but reportedly apologized to employees over the weekend for allowing the company to, quote unquote, veer off course. vogt is a founder of the company, but has run into some recent missteps with its autonomous vehicle software. last week, the company paused its operations on public roads nationwide side. it all follows an incident in san francisco last month, you may remember when a pedestrian was hit by a human driven car. then pinned underneath and dragged by a cruise. robotaxi well from one now former bay area ceo to another. tonight, the new york times is reporting sam altman will not be returning as ceo of san francisco based openai. altman was in constant negotiation with the board this weekend, pushing to return as head of the company behind the hit chatgpt. but it looks as if those talks have derailed. altman was unexpectedly fired by the board on friday over a murky mix of reasons. former ceo of twitch emmett

kyle vogt posted on x. i resigned from my position as ceo adding it plans to spend time with family and explore some new ideas. 7 yesterday earlier this month, crews said it was planning to lay off third-party vendors. driverless operations were also suspended, as you know, nationwide, there's a recall on all of the cruise vehicles. cruz is also currently under investigation by state senator dave cortese. he is looking into how cruz was able to get a permit in the first place to operate and test their vehicles in california. despite the series of safety issues in san francisco, vo, the old ceo says that he believes the company has a great future. ahead. openai actually hired twitch co-founder in its year as new interim ceo. now sheer made the announcement on x, formerly known as twitter. comes after co-founder and ceo sam altman was fired last week. half of the board became concerned and all of ability to lead openai. so unclear what those concerns were. almond help start openai as a nonprofit research lab

kyle vogt says he now plans to spend time with family and explore some new ideas. earlier this month, the company said it was planning to lay off third-party vendors. driverless operations were also suspended and a recall was placed on all vehicles. cruz is currently under investigation by state senator dave court st he's looking into how the company was able to get a permit in the first place and operate a test. it's driverless cars in california despite the series of safety issues in san francisco, boyd says he believes the company has a great future. ahead. and ahead here during kron, 4 to surveillance video showing multiple cars worth more than $100,000 all stolen from an east bay car shop. plus, target tiger woods. we're turning to the pga, the event that he is now planning to compete but first, how businesses are trying to recoup after having to close last week because of the apec summit in >> small businesses in san francisco are trying to bounce back now that a pac has come and gone. kron four's also the money and talked with a business owner in the soma di

kyle vogt stepped down voluntarily. sam altman was fired.ise technology didn't work, openai works really well. general motors, which owns cruise, responded by getting rid of the ceo position. there will be no direct head of cruise. openai appointed not one, but two ceos in two days. we saw two go, but under very different conditions. >> we're going to need a chart to keep track. everybody is still talking about it this morning. thank you. >> thanks, laura and scott. >>> well, more housing help is coming your way, for those in the most need in the south bay. last month, san jose leaders approved traditional housing development on a small lot at the corner of san ignacio. the developer is donating the site to the city for $1 a year over the next five years. a nonprofit will construct 75 sleeping units at the cost of about $50,000 per unit. organizers say the new community will provide shared laundry machines and kitchen areas and provide a more stable alternative than shelters with large rooms and bunkbeds. >> interim supportive housing is a p

kahn has now stepped down his resignation comes just a day after the company's other founder, ceo kyle vogt, quit. >> according to reuters, kahn said he was stepping down through a slack message to staff yesterday. both decisions come shortly after the company had to recall 950 of its autonomous vehicles after one of the vehicles dragged an injured pedestrian on a san francisco street last month. >> tesla shareholders are calling on its board of directors to suspend. and elon musk, investor jerry brockman says he wants the board to send a message that musk, quote, went too far last week. musk agreed with the post on ex, echoing an anti-semitic conspiracy theory, falsely claiming jews are organizing immigrants to replace the white race. since then, apple, ibm, lionsgate, paramount, abc7's parent company disney have all pulled ads from x so far, no comment from tesla. >> today, president biden is expected to take his first action on the fentanyl crisis since entering a partnership with china last week. the white house says a meeting hosted by the president today aims to accelerate efforts to

kyle vogt posted on x, quote, i resigned from my position as ceo and he also added he spends time with families can explore some new ideas. earlier this morning, crews said that they were going to be laying off a 3rd party vendors. also, we know the driverless operations have been suspended and there's that recall of all of crew's vehicles. cruz is also currently under investigation by state senator dave cortese who is looking into how crews was able to get a permit in the first place to operate test. it's driverless cars in california, despite the series of safety issues and all that's going on francisco vote says he believes the company has a great future ahead. which co-founder in its year as their new interim ceo. made that announcement this morning on x, formerly known as twitter. so this all comes after co-founder and ceo sam altman was fired last week after the board became concerned and altman's ability lead openai. it's really unclear what those concerns were. almond help start openai as a nonprofit research lab back in 2015 and this year said he would hire an independent inve

just a few days ago cruise's ceo and co-founder kyle vogt resigned. the company remains under investigation by both state and federal regulators over safety concerns. cruise declined our interview requests, but we did hitch a ride with its main competitor, waymo. >> i believe you are o'record speaks for itself. >> reporter: chris ludwig heads product management for waymo and has been with the company since it branched out from google nearly seven years ago. >> not all autonomous vehicle technologies are equal. >> you would put yourself in a different category than cruise? >> i just want to focus on what we're trying to do, which is let people try it out and see if they love it for themselves. >> reporter: waymo and cruise say their own research has found their driverless cars are in some ways safer than humans. but what about when the vehicles do fall short? >> whether the police department has the jurisdiction to cite a driverless vehicle, we certainly do everything we can to ensure that the car's behavior is good. >> reporter: if waymo believes its

this follows the resignation of ceo kyle vogt on sunday.n criticized in recent months in connection to a series of traffic incidents, including an accident involving a pedestrian last month in san francisco. the company pulled its cars off the streets nationwide as it conducts a safety review. >> more adults are picking up side jobs to offset the high cost of living in everyday expenses. according to the labor department, more than 8 million people report having more than one job. last month, the highest number since 2019. officials say the total represents a little more than 5% of the workforce nationwide, which is slightly higher compared to a year ago. and according to the latest census figures, the average age of a person living alone in the us in a rented house or apartment now 50 years old, according to axios. that's because younger people can't afford to live alone in most big cities, so they either live with roommates or at home with their parents. the census data shows 17.6% of renters lived alone in 2022. >> community leaders now

kyle vogt posted on x. resigned from my position as ceo adding that he plans to spend time with his family and explore some new ideas. earlier this month, the company said it was planning to lay off third-party vendors and driverless operations were also suspended and a recall was placed on all of the vehicles. cruz is also currently under investigation by state senator dave cortez. he he's looking into how the company was able to get a permit in the first place to operate and test. it's driverless cars in california, despite the series of safety issues in san francisco, floyd says he believes the company has a great future. ahead. former first lady rosalyn carter died on sunday at the age of 96. she was surrounded by her family. our washington correspondent trevor shirley explains how she reshaped the role of being a first lady. many historians say rosalynn carter elevated the role of first lady. >> even though we're has been only served one term in office, rosalynn carter died at the couple's longtime geo

kyle vogt posting on ax. quote, i resigned from my position as ceo adding that he plans to spend time with family and explore some new ideas earlier this month, the company announced it is planning to lay off third-party vendors. driverless operations have also been suspended and a recall was placed on all vehicles. cruz is also currently under investigation by state senator dave cortese. he's looking into how the gm own company was able to get a permit in the first place operate in test. it's driverless cars here in california, despite the series of safety issues in san francisco vote says that he believes the company has a great future. ahead. overnight fire at the marathon refinery leaving one person injured and forcing a public health advisory. con fire says it happened just after midnight contra costa help issuing the advisory for martinez and surrounding cities and towns. it has since been lifted. the victim was treated but it is still unclear how that person got hurt. the fire has been contained. the m

einstein on cruz co-founder and chief product officer dan khan quit a day after the company's ceo, kyle vogt>> khan said he was stepping down through a slack message to staff today, according to reuters, vogt's announcement came from his account sunday, where he told colleagues to, quote, remember why this work matters now. both decisions come shortly after the company had to recall 950 of its autonomous vehicles after one dragged an injured pedestrian on a san francisco street last month. >> new details tonight. california state supreme court has ruled p-g-and-e's does not have to pay damages to thousands of its customers for shutting off power during wildfires. a class action lawsuit against p-g-and-e's claimed that the power outages caused billions in damages to local homes and businesses during the kincade fire in october of 2019. the lawsuit also blamed poorly maintained equipment for the outages. the kincade fire burned more than 77,000 acres in sonoma county in the south bay. >> a settlement in the case of a muslim woman whose hijab was taken away in a santa clara county jail. abc7 ne

name is kyle vogt. any posted on x. i resigned from my position as ceo any and he's going to spend more time with his family and explore some new ideas earlier this month, crews said it was planning to lay off third-party vendors. and as you know, driverless operations have been suspended and there was a recall on all of the cruise vehicles. and cruz is also currently under investigation by state senator dave cortese who is looking into how the company was able to get a permit to operate and drive driverless cars in california, the first place and test them. and there was a series of safety issues in san francisco, but the former ceo vote says that he believes the company has a great future ahead, openai higher twitch co-founder in its sheer has a new interim c o she made that announcement this morning on ax formally known as twitter. this comes after co-founder and ceo sam altman was fire last week after the board became concerned about elements ability to lead openai. still unclear what those concerns were. almond hel

cruise in a statement said that the company's board accepted the resignation of kyle vogt and that it wants to build a better cruise centered around safety, transparency and trust. now, vogt faced criticism in recent months because of several traffic mishaps, including one last month in san francisco, where a pedestrian was dragged at 20ft by a cruise self-drive taxi after being hit by another car in a crash. now in a statement, vogt said, quote, the startup i launched in my garage has given over 250,000 driverless rides across several cities, with each ride inspiring people with a small taste of the future. cruise is still just getting started and i believe it has a great future ahead. well new at noon, we now know the identity of the man killed in a hit and run crash on highway 13 in oakland. it happened just before 11:00 last night on southbound 13 near lincoln avenue. according to chp arif muhammad of new york city was a passenger in a zipcar. it became disabled after a collision with another vehicle that kept going. the 18 year old victim was standing outside of that disabled car

of cruise over the last two years given everything that has happened including the resignation of kyle vogtunder, the ceo over the last year or so, two years, i think there's going to be a number of questions regarding cruise so look for new guidance and look for an update on what they expect out of cruise. >> it's important. thanks, phil lebeau. >>> we have been following the latest on openai today our next guest says this is not your typical fight between board and management, but what is typical is the dysfunction elevation partners, early facebook and google investor roger mcnamee. thanks for the time this morning. you make the point that prior to all of this drama, the setup for microsoft was pretty ideal, and you think they would love to preserve whatever they can of that >> well, i mean, to me, microsoft had a perfect situation because they owned 49%, they have a huge percentage of whatever upside comes from openai, but while the company is in the development mode where it's burning billions of dollars on developing products and trying to commercialize something before its time, micr

and two, why did kyle vogt leave? understand he wanted to spend more time with his family, but i also understand that wamo did not have to get pulled and yours did get pulled. i want some answers on what happened here. >> let me take that from a reverse order perspective. i think when we look at from a cruise perspective, kyle left on his own. so, that was a decision that he made, and i think asking him why he did that, i think, would be a better question for him. when we look at, you know, the difference of what happened to cruise, i think it was a lack of transparency, and this is something that, when general motors learned what had happened in the incident that was, you know, tragic, we have gotten more involved and leaned in. we still have a lot of faith in the technology community and the technical talent that's at cruise as we move forward, but clearly, a better job has to be done in building relationships and being transparent with the regulators at the state, the local, and the federal level, as well as with f

. >>> in the meantime, in other soap opera drama, kyle vogt, ceo of cruise, has resigned.ast night in the post on x without providing a reason he plans to spend with his family cruise is owned by gm and faced a number of problems with the robo taxis it ususpended operation on all public roads >>> some news just out ron clain will join airbnb as ceo. >>> when we come back, backlash against elon musk. we will talk about those anti-semitic comments on x and the pressure on linda yaccarino. >>> plus, why shares of bayer are plunging this morning in gean rmy."sawk" returns after this. >> announcer: executive edge is sponsored by at&t business next level moments need the next level network. move to the cloud. - so, the question is... - cyber attack! as cyber criminals expand their toolkit, we must expand as well. we need to rethink... next level moments, need the next level network. [speaker continues in the background] the network with 24/7 built-in security. chip? at&t business. [ "i'll be seeing you" by the five satins ] the mercedes-benz holiday love celebration is here. com

kyle vogt faced criticism in recent months due to a series of traffic mishaps, most notably a recent death of a pedestrian who was dragged 20ft by a cruz self-driving taxi after a collision in san francisco with another vehicle last month. now, in a statement, cruz said that its board accepted vogt's resignation in and that it is working to build a better cruz centered around safety, transparency and trust on x vogt said the startup i launched in my garage has given over 250,000 driverless rides across several cities, with each ride inspiring people with a small taste of the future. cruz is still just getting started, and i believe it has a great

kyle vogt faced criticism in recent months because of several traffic mishaps, including one st month in san francisco, where a pedestrian was dragged 20ft by a cruise. self-driving taxi after being hit by another car in a crash cruise says in a statement said the company's board accepted the resignation of vogt and that it wants to build a better cruise centered around safety, transparency and trust. now, kyle vowed in his statement, said the startp i launched in my garage has given over 250,000 driverless rides across several cities, with each ride inspiring people with a small taste of the future. cruise is still just getting started and i believe it has a great future ahead. times now 404. even though the apex summit in san francisco officially ended friday, it will still take a little time to get the south of market neighborhood back to normal. some of the high by eight foot tall security gates are still up in a few places and parts of howard mission and harrison streets are still closed. people who live in the area say they had hoped apec would bring more customers to their busi