Crash of Driverless Metro Train in Delhi Highlights Importance of Safe and Secure AI

December 3, 2017

A driverless metro train in Delhi, India suffered a crash during a test run due to faulty brakes, highlighting the critical role of trustworthy AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI and ensure harm prevention? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
delhi-metro-rail-corporation
Alleged developer
unknown
Alleged harmed parties
delhi-metro-rail-corporation

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/31

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.

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