Elon Musk (left) walks on stage during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 and Missy Cummings (right) attends Wired Business Conference on May 1, 2012.
Elon Musk and Missy Cummings.
  • Missy Cummings warned that some drivers were "over-trusting" self-driving technology.
  •  She analyzed almost 400 crashes involving software like Tesla's Autopilot or GM's Super Cruise. 
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk once said that Cummings was "extremely biased against Tesla."

A researcher who Elon Musk once said was "extremely biased against Tesla" warned that drivers were "over-trusting" self-driving technology and getting into serious accidents that injure or even kill them.