Waymo Driverless Taxi Allegedly Stalled During Pedestrian Harassment Incident in San Francisco

September 30, 2024

Incident: A Waymo driverless taxi, carrying passenger Amina V., was stalled in San Francisco when two men obstructed its path, demanding her contact information. The immobilized autonomous vehicle left the rider feeling unsafe and trapped. Responsible AI governance is crucial to prevent such incidents; for those interested in shaping harm prevention guardrails for AI, learn more at JOIN US. Waymo’s Rider Support intervened to assist the passenger.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.683, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.671, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.9 — similarity 0.660, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: waymo
Alleged developer: waymo
Alleged harmed parties: amina-v.

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/854

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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