Inaccurate ALPR Reading Leads to Unwarranted Traffic Stop: Understanding AI Incidents and the Need for Responsible Governance

April 16, 2014

An instance of misreading by an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) camera incorrectly flagged a vehicle as stolen, leading to an unwarranted traffic stop in Kansas City suburbs. This AI incident highlights the importance of trustworthy AI and effective governance through Project Cerebellum's Govern function in the HISPI Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
prairie-village-police-department
Alleged developer
unknown
Alleged harmed parties
mark-molner

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/246

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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