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Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a mam who was driving one of its vehicles in  autonomous mode.  The family's suit cited Musk for "repeatedly exaggerating the capabilities of Tesla’s self-driving car technology."  Musk hyped the self-driving mode for years even when it was shown that self-driving failed during key steering decisions.  Other autonomous companies, notably Waymo with a far more sophisticated system, has never rolled out its technology to the public at large.  They have learned that driving is far more nuanced than hardware and software can handle or anticipate.  But Musk wouldn't back off and now he is paying the wages of hype.