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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

The tech CEO behind the Super Bowl ad warning against self-driving tech says Tesla's recall shows it's acknowledging flaws: ‘Achieved our goal’

Elon Musk is recalling Tesla cars equipped with his controversial Full Setf-Driving software. (Credit: Taylor Hill—Getty Images)

The tech CEO behind a Super Bowl ad attacking Teslas as unsafe declared partial victory after Elon Musk’s self-driving technology was found by a government agency to increase risks of a collision. 

Dan O’Dowd of Green Hills Software, who spent $600,000 for 30 seconds of air time in certain regional markets, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall of Tesla's cars equipped with its self-driving software proved he was right. But the businessman blasted the proposed regulatory fix as “woefully inadequate.” 

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