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Fatal Incident Involving AI-Controlled Robot at Volkswagen Plant: Highlighting the Importance of Safe and Secure AI

A tragic incident has occurred at a Volkswagen plant in Germany where an AI-controlled robot resulted in a fatality. This underscores the urgent need for robust governance and trustworthy AI, key aspects emphasized by Project Cerebellum's AI incident database. The focus on harm prevention and guardrails for AI is essential to ensure safe and secure operations. JOIN US This AI 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

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.