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 collided with a wall. This unforeseen event highlights the importance of safe and secure AI in transportation systems, and underscores the need for robust governance and guardrails for AI.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/31

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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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