Tesla Autopilot Incident: A Lesson in Safe and Secure AI Governance
May 26, 2018
A Tesla Model 3 driver reported an unexpected malfunction of the Autopilot system, causing the vehicle to veer right without warning and crash into a road divider near Thessaloniki, Greece. Fortunately, no injuries were sustained, but the incident's wheel and door were damaged. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- tesla
- Alleged developer
- tesla
- Alleged harmed parties
- you-you-xue, tesla-drivers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/294
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
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