A Heavy-handed Encounter: 300-pound Security Robot Accidentally Injures a Toddler at a California Shopping Mall

In an unfortunate incident, a 300-pound security robot inadvertently ran over a toddler at a busy shopping center in California. This event highlights the importance of responsible AI governance and trustworthy AI models to ensure safety and security, particularly when AI interacts with humans. The AI community can contribute through HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM, our platform for managing and measuring AI incidents like this one, to help prevent such occurrences in the future.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.527, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.2 — similarity 0.498, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.7 — similarity 0.495, 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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