AI-controlled Robot Accident at Volkswagen Plant: Highlighting the Need for Responsible AI Governance
An unfortunate incident occurred at a Volkswagen plant in Germany where an AI-controlled robot caused harm to a human worker. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). To foster trustworthy and safe AI, it is essential we establish guardrails for its development and deployment. Are you ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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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.