Uber AV Killed Pedestrian in Arizona
March 18, 2018
An Uber autonomous vehicle (AV) operating in autonomous mode was involved in a fatal accident, striking and killing a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. This incident underscores the critical need for trustworthy AI governance to prevent such harm.
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- MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.689, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- GOVERN 1.2 — similarity 0.654, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.653, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- Alleged deployer
- uber
- Alleged developer
- uber
- Alleged harmed parties
- elaine-herzberg, pedestrians
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/4
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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