Germany's Volkswagen Plant AI Incident: An Examination of Safe and Secure AI

A tragic accident at a Volkswagen plant in Germany highlights the importance of trustworthy AI. This AI incident, which resulted in the loss of a human life, underscores the need for robust safety measures in AI governance. By mapping to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM), we can work towards preventing such incidents and ensuring the development of safe and secure 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.