In April 2025, researcher Jane Manchun Wong found an unreleased Waymo privacy page in the production app stating: "Waymo may share data to improve and analyze its functionality and to tailor products, services, ads, and offers to your interests." The page included opt-out toggles for interior camera data used for "training GAI" (generative AI). Waymo dismissed it as "placeholder text."

On October 2, 2023, a Cruise robotaxi ran over a pedestrian who had been knocked into its path by a hit-and-run driver. The car detected an impact and braked — then attempted to "pull over," dragging the woman 20 feet at 7 mph before stopping on top of her leg as she screamed in pain. Cruise then filed a false report to NHTSA, deliberately omitting the dragging. Cruise waited 15 days to give the CPUC the full video. The DOJ charged Cruise under 18 U.S.C. 1505 — obstructing a federal investigation. Cruise admitted guilt and paid $500,000 to the DOJ, $1.5 million to NHTSA, and $112,500 to the CPUC.

Amazon Science published that Zoox's cameras can perceive "even facial expressions of pedestrians." The vehicles carry cameras, LiDAR, radar, and long-wave infrared sensors providing 360-degree vision to 500 feet. Zoox processes up to 4 TB of sensor data per hour per vehicle and stores hundreds of petabytes on AWS — expected to reach exabyte scale. Data-collection vehicles are mapping six US cities.