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These Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Out
A small-scale, non-commercial experiment demonstrated that a large language model (Grok) could be used to generate driving instructions that enabled autonomous navigation of a Toyota Corolla to an In-N-Out Burger location — though no safety systems, real-time perception, or vehicle control stack integration were described.
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"Grok successfully drove a Toyota Corolla to In-N-Out Burger, outperforming GPT and Claude in real-world autonomous navigation."
WIRED Business
Oct 8, 2026