GM startup Cruise recalls and revises self-driving software after crash


FILE PHOTO A Cruise self-driving car which is owned by General Motors Corp is seen outside the companyrsquos headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing in California U.S. September 26 2018.  Picture taken on September 26 2018.   REUTERSHeather SomervilleFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing, in California, U.S., September 26, 2018. Picture taken on September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Heather Somerville/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors startup Cruise LLC said Thursday it had recalled and updated software in 80 self-driving vehicles after a June crash in San Francisco that left two people injured.

Federal regulators said the recalled software could "incorrectly predict" an oncoming vehicle's path. Cruise said it had determined this unusual scenario would not recur after the update.

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