Kind of? Autopilot has a habit of disengaging right before crashes [1]; which may not be a bad thing, your seat belt also has a habit of not being adjustable in a crash (dunno if an ICE engine will turn off).

Mix that with Elon had a habit of commenting on crashes [2] to keep good marketing about FSD. And like who cares if it was "Auto lane control" vs "Autopilot" that let somebody drive the car from the passenger seat but Elon made sure to let everybody know "Autopilot" wasn't engaged.

[1]: https://www.motortrend.com/news/nhtsa-tesla-autopilot-invest...

[2]: https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/elon-musk-says-autopilo...

Your second link makes it clear that no version of self-driving was on anywhere near that particular crash, so that does not support the above comment at all.

If the only true part is that the system disengages at some point, then "kind of" is much too generous for that kind of rumor-mongering.

But if I ever see some real proof I'll spread it far and wide.