The Aftermath of Uber's Fatal Self-Driving Incident: Implications for Responsible AI Development

In March 2018, an Uber self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian, highlighting the urgent need for safe and secure AI development. This incident could potentially influence Tesla's stock price and the broader industry's approach to responsible AI governance.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/20

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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