Cruise's Self-Driving Cars Allegedly Lost Connection to Their Server, Causing Traffic Blockages in San Francisco

May 18, 2022

Autonomous vehicles from Cruise, a self-driving car company, were seen stopping unexpectedly in San Francisco traffic, potentially due to disconnection from their server. Such incidents underscore the need for trustworthy AI governance and guardrails, as well as safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: cruise
Alleged developer: cruise
Alleged harmed parties: san-francisco-traffic-participants, san-francisco-public

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/253

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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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