Fatal Uber Autonomous Vehicle Accident Leads to Withdrawal from Arizona

In March 2018, an Uber autonomous vehicle was involved in a fatal accident in Tempe, Arizona. The incident resulted in the suspension of the company's self-driving car operations in the state. This underscores the need for responsible AI governance and continuous monitoring to ensure safe and secure AI deployment.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/4

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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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