Mishap at the Mall: 300-pound Robot Injures a Toddler

An unfortunate incident occurred at a mall when a large robot, weighing approximately 300 pounds, unexpectedly moved and ran over a toddler. The safety protocols designed for such robots failed, highlighting the need for responsible AI governance and guardrails.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.491, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 3.2 — similarity 0.474, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.5 — similarity 0.472, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/51

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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