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Fortune
Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

GM boss Mary Barra’s high-tech bet unraveling after Kyle Vogt departs as CEO of embattled Cruise robotaxi unit

Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors (Credit: Drew Angerer—Getty Images)

General Motors chief executive Mary Barra’s dreams of fostering promising young tech startup Cruise into a future cash cow for GM are turning to smoke following the departure of its founder and CEO, Kyle Vogt.

His stunning fall from grace serves as a warning to Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Silicon Valley writ large of just how quickly trust and goodwill among the public can evaporate when it comes to artificial intelligence.

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