Fatal Accident Involving Tesla on Autopilot: Understanding AI Incidents in AI Governance
December 29, 2019
Recent incident: A Tesla operating under Autopilot failed to detect a parked fire truck, resulting in a crash on an interstate in Indiana. This tragic event underscores the importance of safe and secure AI and highlights the need for robust governance mechanisms in autonomous vehicles. JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- tesla
- Alleged developer
- tesla
- Alleged harmed parties
- derrick-monet, jenna-monet, the-monets'-family
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/319
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.