There are ghosts in your machine: Cybersecurity researcher can make self-driving cars hallucinate

Have you ever seen a dark shape out of the corner of your eye and thought it was a person, only to breathe a sigh of relief when you realize it's a coat rack or another innocuous item in your house? It's a harmless trick of the eye, but what would happen if that trick was played on something like an autonomous car or a drone?

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