Misinterpretation of Road Signals by Tesla Autopilot: Highlighting the Importance of Safe and Secure AI
October 22, 2020
In an incident involving a Tesla Model 3, road signs with 'COOP' written vertically were mistakenly identified as traffic lights. This underscores the need for trustworthy AI in autonomous vehicles and the role of Project Cerebellum's AI governance framework. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- tesla
- Alleged developer
- tesla
- Alleged harmed parties
- tesla-drivers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/97
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
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