Boeing 737 Max 8 AI Incident: Leaking Abstractions & Safe AI Governance

This AI incident involving the Boeing 737 Max 8 is a tragic reminder of the critical role trustworthy AI plays in safety-critical systems. The failure to handle leaking abstractions, a common issue in AI governance, highlights the need for guardrails and safe & secure AI development. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Join us to help shape responsible AI and prevent harm. JOIN US

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/3

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

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.