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Whenever a Tesla employee gets fired, it seems to make headlines. In this instance, John Bernal, a former Autopilot employee at Tesla, was fired last month because of video reviews he conducted on his YouTube channel.\\xa0

In a video of his channel, AI Addict, Bernal revealed, \\u201cI was fired from Tesla in February with my YouTube being cited as the reason why.\\u201d He adds uploads were off company time or property with software he paid for.\\xa0

On his channel, Bernal drives in his personally owned 2021 Tesla Model 3 using Tesla\\u2019s newest released versions of its Full Self-Driving Beta software. However, Tesla has since cut off his access to the FSD Beta system in his vehicle, but he still has Full Self-Driving.\\xa0

The firing followed a video where Bernal\\u2019s drive is disrupted by the car knocking over a bollard with the FSD Beta operating. Bernal said managers informed him that he \\u201cbroke Tesla policy\\u201d and his channel was a \\u201cconflict of interest.\\u201d

It is possible Tesla took exception to a portion of his channel that CNBC reports featured about 10 videos that show flaws in FSD Beta. In one of the videos, the vehicle experienced several disengagements and Bernal needed to take over and steer manually to avoid danger.\\xa0

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