Unintended Incident: Robot Collision Sparks Fire at UK's Online Grocery Retailer - A Case for Safe and Secure AI
An unexpected robot collision sparked a fire at an online-only grocer in the UK, highlighting the importance of reliable AI systems. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help us ensure trustworthy AI? JOIN US
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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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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