Tesla FSD Beta Malfunction Nearly Causes Crashes During Journalist's Test Drive

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Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, reported that Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software (v11.4.7) nearly caused two high-speed crashes by aggressively steering his Model 3 toward a highway median. The AI system's malfunction posed a direct risk to driver safety, highlighting ongoing concerns about autonomous vehicle reliability.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

Tesla's Full Self-Driving beta software is an AI system designed to autonomously control the vehicle. The journalist's report describes two near-crash events caused by an aggressive bug in the AI system, which nearly led to injury or death. This is a clear example of an AI system malfunction directly leading to harm or risk of harm to a person, fitting the definition of an AI Incident. The harm is materialized as near crashes, which are significant safety incidents.[AI generated]
AI principles
SafetyRobustness & digital securityAccountabilityTransparency & explainabilityHuman wellbeingDemocracy & human autonomy
Industries
Mobility and autonomous vehicles
Affected stakeholders
Consumers
Harm types
Physical (injury)Physical (death)PsychologicalReputational
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AI incident
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Other
AI system task:
Recognition/object detectionGoal-driven organisationReasoning with knowledge structures/planning

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