Incident #228·AI Safety & Failures
Apple Maps Allegedly Directed Ski Trip Couple Onto Unpaved Road in the Mountains
Explainability
Description
Near Los Angeles, Apple Maps allegedly directed a couple on a ski trip in the mountains toward into an unconventional route out of town, where the drivers found themselves lost and stuck on an unpaved road in the snow.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- apple
Alleged Developers
- apple
Harmed Parties
- tourists
- apple-maps-users
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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