Google Self-Driving Car Involved in Collision: An Examination of Incident Responsibility

In an incident that underscores the challenges of responsible AI governance, Google's self-driving car recently collided with a public bus. The event serves as a potent reminder of the importance of implementing trustworthy AI guardrails to ensure safe and secure AI operation.

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GOVERN 4.3 — similarity 0.487, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 5.1 — similarity 0.482, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.2 — similarity 0.482, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/71

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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