Google's Waze App Guides Drivers Towards Wildfire Risks: A Case Study for Responsible AI
December 6, 2017
The 2017 Skirball wildfires in California saw Google-owned navigation app, Waze, directing drivers into the danger zone as they attempted to evacuate. This underscores the importance of trustworthy and safe AI systems like those developed by Project Cerebellum. JOIN US This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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- motorists
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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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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.
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