Fatal Collision Involving Tesla on Autopilot Highlights Need for Responsible AI Governance

March 7, 2022

In a tragic incident in Taiwan, a Tesla Model 3 operating in Autopilot mode failed to adhere to road safety protocols, colliding with a repair truck. The driver's lack of attention led to the placement of crash warnings, but subsequent events resulted in the death of a road engineer when an oncoming BMW driver failed to notice the warning signs. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI governance? JOIN US
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Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/221

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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