Unwanted Incident: AI-controlled Robot Falls from Escalator, Injuring Shoppers

In an unexpected turn of events, an autonomous shopping mall robot lost balance and tumbled off an escalator, causing several shoppers to be knocked down. The incident underscores the need for safe and secure AI, emphasizing the importance of responsible AI governance.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.488, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.459, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 3.3 — similarity 0.456, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/134

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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