Navigation App Allegedly Directs Car Over Damaged Bridge in Uttar Pradesh, Resulting in Three Deaths

November 25, 2024

A recent incident in Uttar Pradesh, India involved a car using Google Maps for navigation that reportedly was misled onto a collapsed bridge due to outdated GPS data. The car plunged into the river below, tragically resulting in three fatalities. This underscores the importance of trustworthy AI and safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping the future of AI governance, JOIN US to Measure such incidents and work towards guardrails for AI.

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Alleged deployer: google
Alleged developer: google
Alleged harmed parties: vivek-kumar, amit-(family-name-unknown), unidentified-victim, families-of-the-victims

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/857

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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