A Seven-Mile Vigil: The Tesla Autopilot Incident with an Alleged Asleep Driver

In an incident that underscores the need for responsible AI governance, a Tesla vehicle traveling seven miles on autopilot had an apparently asleep driver. This event, while not causing any harm in this instance, serves as a stark reminder of the importance of safe and secure AI systems.

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MAP 2.3 — similarity 0.444, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/67

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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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