AI System Malfunction Leads to Tragedy at German Volkswagen Plant - Understanding the Role of Responsible AI
A recent incident involving an autonomous robot at a Volkswagen factory highlights the importance of trustworthy and safe AI. This AI malfunction resulted in a fatality, underscoring the need for robust governance mechanisms and guardrails for AI. The Govern function within Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM) could have potentially prevented this harm. Join us in promoting responsible AI development and adoption. 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.