Incident 459: Firefighters Smashed Cruise AV's Front Window to Stop It from Running over Fire Hoses

Description: Local firefighters were only able to stop a Cruise AV from driving over fire hoses that were in use in an active fire scene when they shattered its front window.

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Alleged: Cruise developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed San Francisco residents , San Francisco firefighters and San Francisco Fire Department.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
459
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2023-01-21
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

7.3. Lack of capability or robustness

Risk Domain

  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

Entity

AI

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Unintentional

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Variants

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