A Tesla Taxi Cab Involved in an Accident in Paris with Twenty Injuries

December 11, 2021

In Paris, a Tesla Model 3 taxi cab was involved in an accident resulting in approximately 20 injuries due to sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) episode and braking issues. Incidents like these underscore the importance of responsible AI governance. As part of the HISPI Project Cerebellum, we aim to prevent such harm by managing and measuring AI system performance, mapping incidents like this one to our AI incident database, and promoting trustworthy AI practices.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.741, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.702, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 3.1 — similarity 0.691, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: taxis-g7
Alleged developer: tesla
Alleged harmed parties: pedestrians

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/211

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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