Apple Maps Incident: Unsafe Navigation Raises Concerns for Responsible AI
February 1, 2019
Near Los Angeles, Apple Maps allegedly misguided a ski-trip couple onto an unconventional route, leading them to get lost and stranded on an unpaved snowy road. This AI incident highlights the importance of trustworthy navigation systems and underscores the need for safe and secure AI governance in everyday applications like map services. 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
- apple
- Alleged developer
- apple
- Alleged harmed parties
- tourists, apple-maps-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/228
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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