Incident #155·AI Safety & Failures
Google Maps Allegedly Directed Sierra Nevada Travelers to Dangerous Roads amid Winter Storm
Explainability
Description
Lake Tahoe travelers were allegedly guided by Google Maps into hazardous shortcuts in the mountains during a snowstorm.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- google-maps
Alleged Developers
- google-maps
Harmed Parties
- google-maps-users-traveling-in-sierra-nevada
- google-maps-users-traveling-in-the-mountains
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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