Tesla's Autopilot Incident: A Case Study for Safe and Secure AI

June 1, 2020

An unfortunate collision between a Tesla Sedan and an overturned truck on a Taiwan highway serves as a stark reminder of the importance of trustworthy AI. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).JOIN US To help us drive responsible AI governance and prevent such incidents, join our community.
Alleged deployer
tesla
Alleged developer
tesla
Alleged harmed parties
delivery-truck, pedestrians, tesla-drivers

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/218

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.