Incident 97: Tesla Autopilot Mistakes Red Letters on Flag for Red Traffic Lights
Description: A Tesla Model 3 misidentified flags with "COOP" written vertically on them as traffic lights.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Tesla drivers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
97
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2020-10-22
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsHarm Distribution Basis
Indicates how the harms were potentially distributed.
none
Sector of Deployment
Indicate the sector in which the AI system is deployed
transportation and storage
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
interestingengineering.com · 2020
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