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If you drove to work in San Francisco, Phoenix or Los Angeles today, you might have spotted something eerie while merging onto the freeway: the car next to you with no human behind the wheel. That’s because this morning, Waymo unleashed its driverless taxis onto the highway, a first for the US. We’ve sure come a long way from 4 a.m. parking lot honking standoffs: