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Doll-Heads Apparently Fooling Tesla FSD. Is Facial-Recognition Update Next?
Doll-Heads Apparently Fooling Tesla FSD. Is Facial-Recognition Update Next?
Chinese e-commerce platforms are selling miniature heads that, according to Fred Lambert at the EV blog Electrek, are being used to "trick Tesla's cabin camera into thinking a driver is paying attention."
Priced at $20 to $50 and marketed as dashboard decorations or "travel companions," these miniature heads are mounted near the rearview mirror to mimic a human face while Autopilot or Full Self-Driving is engaged.
via Instagram user "decentmiss_" ...
While FSD is engaged, Tesla's cabin camera monitors driver attentiveness, including whether the...
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