China's Xiaomi to remotely fix assisted driving flaw in 110k SU7 cars (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi said it will push a remote software upgrade to the assisted‑driving system in more than 110,000 SU7 electric cars manufactured before Aug. 30, 2025, after China’s State Administration for Market Regulation found the highway assisted‑driving feature had “insufficient recognition, warning and handling ability” in some extreme driving conditions. The fix follows a high‑profile crash earlier this year in which an SU7 in assisted mode killed three college students, sparked scrutiny of autonomy claims and reignited public debate — a related hashtag drew more than 70 million views on Weibo. Xiaomi framed the move as a remote recall; such over‑the‑air updates are now standard across automakers. For the AI/ML community this episode underscores two technical and regulatory imperatives: robust perception and fail‑safe human‑machine interaction. The regulator’s finding points to edge‑case weaknesses in sensor/vision models, scene understanding and timely driver alerts or handover logic — problems that can’t be solved solely by incremental parameter tuning. It also signals tougher enforcement of safety claims and advertising around autonomy in China, raising reputational and compliance risks for companies deploying Level‑2/assisted systems. Practitioners should expect increased demand for rigorous scenario coverage, transparent validation metrics and certified update pathways for fielded driving models.