Tragic AI Incident: Robot Accidentally Kills Worker at German Volkswagen Plant - Emphasizing Need for Safe and Secure AI
A devastating accident occurred at a Volkswagen plant in Germany when a robot fatally injured a human worker. This unfortunate incident underscores the critical need for trustworthy, responsible AI governance. Join us in shaping the future of AI with Project Cerebellum's AI incident database to help prevent harm and establish guardrails for AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). 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
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