Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Involved in Collision Due to BMW's Prohibited Left Turn: An Incident Illustrating the Need for Safe and Secure AI

February 11, 2022

A recent incident involving a BMW Sedan making an illegal left turn resulted in a minor collision with a Cruise autonomous vehicle (AV) operating in autonomous mode. This AI incident serves as a reminder of the importance of trustworthy AI and the need to implement robust guardrails for AI, such as those offered by Project Cerebellum's AI governance model. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/181

Data source

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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