Sudden Braking by Tesla Allegedly on Self-Driving Mode Caused Multi-Car Pileup in Tunnel

November 24, 2022

An incident involving a Tesla vehicle in San Francisco resulted in an eight-car pileup, causing minor injuries to nine individuals. The driver alleged that the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system unexpectedly applied the brakes. This underscores the importance of trustworthy AI and robust governance through initiatives like HISPI Project Cerebellum, which strives for harm prevention and guards the use of AI with appropriate guardrails.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.664, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.650, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.2 — similarity 0.642, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: tesla
Alleged developer: tesla
Alleged harmed parties: traffic-participants, tesla-drivers

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/434

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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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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