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Incident 291: Tesla Allegedly Misled Customers about Autopilot and FSD Capabilities

Description: California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technologies, alleging the company to have made untrue or misleading claims with marketing language about the capabilities of its products.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed California Department of Motor Vehicles , Tesla customers and California residents.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
291
Report Count
6
Incident Date
2021-05-28
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

5.1. Overreliance and unsafe use

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Human-Computer Interaction

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

Incident Occurrence+2
California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features
Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims+1
Remember that 2016 video of a Tesla driving itself? It was staged.
California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features

California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features

latimes.com

California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about Autopilot and Full-Self Driving

California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about Autopilot and Full-Self Driving

theverge.com

California DMV Accuses Tesla Of False Advertising For Autopilot, FSD

California DMV Accuses Tesla Of False Advertising For Autopilot, FSD

insideevs.com

Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims

Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims

reuters.com

Remember that 2016 video of a Tesla driving itself? It was staged.

Remember that 2016 video of a Tesla driving itself? It was staged.

mashable.com

Elon Musk is being investigated by the SEC for Tesla self-driving claims, report says

Elon Musk is being investigated by the SEC for Tesla self-driving claims, report says

techcrunch.com

California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features
latimes.com · 2022

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of the company’s signature Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technologies.

The agency alleges the electric-car maker misled customers with adv…

California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about Autopilot and Full-Self Driving
theverge.com · 2022

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has accused Tesla of falsely advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times (via CNBC). The agency filed two separate complaints w…

California DMV Accuses Tesla Of False Advertising For Autopilot, FSD
insideevs.com · 2022

According to the California DMV, Tesla has falsely advertised its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features on its website. Moreover, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the company itself have made a habit of touting the capability of these featu…

Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims
reuters.com · 2022

Oct 25 - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said.

The U.S. Department of Justice launched the …

Remember that 2016 video of a Tesla driving itself? It was staged.
mashable.com · 2023

In Oct. 2016, Tesla published a video titled "Full Self-Driving Hardware on all Teslas." In the clip, which runs a little under four minutes, we see a Tesla car drive itself, without any visible input from the driver, on a fairly long trip …

Elon Musk is being investigated by the SEC for Tesla self-driving claims, report says
techcrunch.com · 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding his specific comments and efforts to promote the automaker's claims regarding its "self-driving" capabilities, Bloomberg reports. The SEC …

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