AI-Powered Mall Robot Incident: Harm Prevention and Safe AI in Focus

An incident involving a shopping mall robot falling off an escalator and causing harm to passengers underscores the need for responsible AI governance and safe design. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape safer, more trustworthy AI? JOIN US

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/134

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.