A Software Glitched Turned Off The Lights, Then The Car Crashed

"The system apparently interpreted the natural-language request to turn off the car's interior reading lamps as a request to turn off all of the car's lights—including the car's headlights. The owner reportedly attempted to re-activate the headlights using voice controls, however, the system responded to the driver that the 'operation could not be completed.' Then the car struck a median."

"Lynk & Co responded to the event quickly. The company's deputy general manager of sales, Mu Jun, posted to Chinese social media platform Weibo on Thursday that the company had pushed an emergency over-the-air update. This updated reportedly corrects the logic to prevent the headlights from being disabled in inappropriate conditions when using voice commands."

A Lynk & Co Z20 driver in China experienced a critical voice command malfunction where a request to turn off interior reading lamps was misinterpreted as a command to disable all lights, including headlights. While driving, the headlights shut off unexpectedly, obstructing the driver's vision and resulting in a collision with a median. When the driver attempted to reactivate the headlights through voice control, the system reported the operation could not be completed. Lynk & Co responded swiftly with an emergency over-the-air software update to correct the voice command logic and prevent inappropriate headlight disabling. Testing revealed similar vulnerabilities potentially affecting other automotive brands' voice assistant systems.

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