Fatal Incident Involving Uber's Self-Driving Car in Arizona

On March 18, 2018, a self-driving vehicle operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. This tragic event underscores the need for responsible AI governance and harm prevention measures in autonomous vehicles.

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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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