Tragic Incident: AI-Controlled Robot Injures Worker at Volkswagen Plant - Emphasizing Need for Responsible AI
An unfortunate incident occurred at a Volkswagen plant in Germany, where an AI-controlled robot caused injury to a worker. This tragic event underscores the importance of safe and secure AI, as well as effective AI governance. JOIN US To help us advance responsible AI and prevent such incidents in the future, consider joining Project Cerebellum's efforts in developing trustworthy AI models like HISPI. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/24
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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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