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Uber AI failures
Every documented AI failure involving Uber on the AI Failure Index, classified by the mechanism that broke.
- Failures
- 3
- Highest severity
- Catastrophic
- Span
- 2017 to 2018
- Failure modes
- 3
Uber autonomous vehicle kills pedestrian in Tempe Arizona
An Uber autonomous test vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona due to a combination of AI classification errors and human operator inattention. The NTSB cited a lack of safety redundancies, including the deactivation of factory emergency braking systems.
- Confidence
- High (multi-source, primary)
Uber used Greyball software to deceive law enforcement officials
Uber deployed a secret program called Greyball to identify and evade government regulators and law enforcement. The system used data profiling to flag suspected officials and show them a non-functional version of the app.
- Confidence
- Medium (multi-source)
Uber Real-Time ID Check deactivates transgender drivers for appearance changes
Uber's facial recognition system mistakenly deactivated transgender drivers whose appearances changed during gender transition. The system flagged these drivers as potential fraud cases due to the discrepancy between their current appearance and their government IDs.
- Confidence
- Medium (multi-source)
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