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Unforeseen Collision: Delhi's Debut Driverless Metro Halts Operations

In an unexpected incident, the first driverless metro train in Delhi experienced a collision, leading to a temporary halt of operations by t...

Autonomous Delhi Metro Train Incident: Magenta Line Vehicle Collides with Wall

In a recent event, a driverless train operating on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line collided with a wall during a trial run. The incident rais...

Delhi Metro AI incident: Train on trial run breaches safety barrier at Kalindi Kunj

In an alarming turn of events, a Delhi Metro train during a trial run reportedly broke through a wall at Kalindi Kunj. The mishap raises con...

Delhi Metro Attributes Driverless Train Collision to Human Error, Temporarily Suspends Staff

A collision between two driverless trains on Delhi's Metrorail network has been attributed to human error by the transit authority. Four emp...

Unforeseen Incident on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line: Driverless Train Crashes Into Wall

Six days prior to the inauguration by PM Modi, an unexpected incident occurred on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line when a driverless train collide...

Investigating the Magenta Line Crash: No Role for Driverless Trains, Affirms Delhi Metro

Recent reports suggest that a collision occurred on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro Rail Network. However, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporat...

Unforeseen Incident on Delhi Metro's Driverless Magenta Line: Train Crashes Through Wall

A startling accident took place today on the Delhi Metro's driverless Magenta line, as a train reportedly crashed through a wall. Officially...

Addressing Concerns in Facial Recognition Systems: Twin Tests and Beyond

Recent incidents involving facial recognition systems, specifically the 'twin test', have raised concerns about their reliability and potent...

Apple Explains: How iPhone X's Face ID Adjusts for Beards, Makeup, Wrinkles

Explore the AI-powered Face ID feature on Apple's iPhone X and learn how it adapts to changes in facial features such as beards, makeup, and...

Face ID in a Twin Test: An Unexpected Outcome for iPhone X

We explored the limits of Apple's Face ID technology on the iPhone X by testing it with identical twins, revealing insights into the boundar...

iPhone X Face ID: Understanding Potential Malfunctions

Explore the factors that could lead to iPhone X's Face ID malfunctioning, ensuring responsible AI governance for safe and secure user experi...

Identity confusion: Russian twins file lawsuit against Apple due to iPhone X's Face ID failure

In a unique incident, Russian identical twins have decided to sue Apple for the iPhone X’s Face ID system failing to distinguish between the...

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.