2021 BRN Discussion, page-30658

Apple have been working on autonomous vehicles since at least 2015:

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/061617419/publication/US10913463B2?q=pa%20%3D%20%22apple%22%20AND%20nftxt%20%3D%20%22neural%20network%22%20AND%20nftxt%20%3D%20%22vehicle%22%20AND%20nftxt%20%3D%20%22autonomous%22

US10913463B2 Gesture based control of autonomous vehicles
A triggering condition for initiating an interaction session with an occupant of a vehicle is detected. A display is populated with representations of one or more options for operations associated with the vehicle. Based at least in part on an analysis of one or more signals generated by the occupant, a particular option is selected for implementation. An indication that the particular option has been selected is provided, and an operation corresponding to the particular option is initiated.





US10853691B1 Neural network architecture

A method includes processing an input image using convolution layers to define image features and processing the image features to define feature statistics. Processing the image features includes applying an activation function in a feature dimension of the image features. The method also includes processing the feature statistics using fully connected layers to produce a binary output regarding a characteristic of the input image.



There are many more Apple autonomous vehicle patents.