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Incident #640·AI Safety & Failures

Waymo Software Flaw Reportedly Leads to Double Collision with Tow Truck

December 11, 20233 reportsView on AIID

Explainability

Description

Two Waymo autonomous vehicles reportedly hit the same tow truck under unusual towing conditions due to a software misinterpretation in Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo reportedly issued a software recall and updated its fleet to prevent future such incidents.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

waymo

Alleged Developers

waymo
alphabet

Harmed Parties

unnamed-owner-of-tow-truck

Classification

Risk Domain

AI Safety & Failures

Risk Subdomain

7.3. Lack of capability or robustness

MIT Risk Profile

AIUnintentionalPost-deployment

Topics

Explainability

Source

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Source Reports(3 total)

Waymo Software Flaw Leads to Double Collision with Tow Truck

cnn.com· Feb 2024

Two Self-Driving Waymo Taxis Get Confused By A Pickup Being Towed Backwards, Crash Into It

theautopian.com· Feb 2024

AI Incident Database (AIID), MIT AI Risk Initiative. Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID), MIT AI Risk Initiative. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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waymo.com· Feb 2024