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AI System Malfunction Leads to Unintended Consequences: Robots Collision and Fire in a UK Online Grocery Store

This incident highlights the importance of safe and secure AI. The online-only grocery store experienced an unforeseen event due to robot collisions, leading to a fire. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). For those interested in ensuring harm prevention through responsible AI governance, JOIN US.

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/126

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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