Autonomous Uber Vehicles Found Guilty of Traffic Law Violations

An investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed that Uber's autonomous vehicles have been committing red light violations, challenging the initial assumption of 'human error'. This incident underscores the need for robust AI governance and safe and secure AI practices.

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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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