Glovo Driver in Italy Fired via Automated Email after Being Killed in Accident

October 3, 2022

In this concerning incident, Glovo's automated system terminated an employee via email after their tragic death in a car accident during a delivery. This highlights the need for responsible AI governance to ensure safe and secure AI practices.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.719, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.687, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.1 — similarity 0.681, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: glovo
Alleged developer: glovo
Alleged harmed parties: sebastian-galassi, sebastian-galassi's-family

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/384

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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