Incident #857·AI Safety & Failures
Navigation App Allegedly Directs Car Over Damaged Bridge in Uttar Pradesh, Resulting in Three Deaths
Explainability
Description
A car reportedly using Google Maps for navigation was misled onto a collapsed bridge in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to outdated GPS data. The car plunged into the river below, resulting in three fatalities.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
Alleged Developers
Harmed Parties
- vivek-kumar
- amit-(family-name-unknown)
- unidentified-victim
- families-of-the-victims
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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