Tesla Autopilot Incident: Unattended Police Car Collision Highlights Need for Responsible AI Governance
March 17, 2021
A Tesla Model Y utilizing Autopilot crashed into a parked Michigan State Police car, equipped with emergency lights, in Eaton County, Michigan. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. This AI incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI governance and the role of Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM) in fostering trustworthy AI. 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
- tesla
- Alleged developer
- tesla
- Alleged harmed parties
- unnamed-22-year-old-male-driver, tesla-drivers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/333
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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