Autopilot Incident: Tesla Vehicle Fails to Recognize Red Traffic Lights

This AI incident highlights a critical safety concern in autonomous driving, as the Tesla Autopilot system failed to identify red traffic lights. Such incidents emphasize the need for robust and trustworthy AI governance, underlining our efforts at Project Cerebellum to foster safe and secure AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US for those interested in helping shape a responsible AI future.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/97

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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