Tesla CEO Elon Musk told a hacker conference in Las Vegas he plans to “open source” the software Tesla uses to secure autonomous-driving features from hacks or takeovers, eventually allowing other carmakers to use it.

It’s a bid to make autonomous vehicle software safer by opening the software to more scrutiny, he told a private audience of around 100 people on Friday at DEFCON, an annual cybersecurity defense conference held in Las Vegas.

“I think one of the biggest concerns for autonomous vehicles is somebody achieving a fleet-wide hack,” he said according to people who attended. Musk confirmed the decision in a tweet on Saturday, writing it was “extremely important to a safe self-driving future for all.”
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