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Uber

Company

US-based ride-hailing company whose autonomous vehicle program was involved in a fatal crash. The 2018 Tempe, Arizona incident was the first recorded pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-UBER
Type
Organization · Company
HQ
United States

Roles
Developer Deployer
Incidents
1

First Incident
2018-03

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-18-0001 Uber Autonomous Vehicle Pedestrian Fatality critical 2018-03

Context & Analysis

Uber appears in 1 documented incident spanning March 2018. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Human-AI Control (1 incident). The most common pattern is Unsafe Human-in-the-Loop Failures, appearing in 2 incidents.

Threat Domains

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve Uber, and what role did it play?

Uber appeared as developer in 1 incident; deployer in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-18-0001 Uber Autonomous Vehicle Pedestrian Fatality (critical severity, 2018-03) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Uber?

Uber's incidents involve Unsafe Human-in-the-Loop Failures , Tool Misuse & Privilege Escalation . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Uber (ENT-UBER) is documented at /entities/uber/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

US-based ride-hailing company whose autonomous vehicle program was involved in a fatal crash. The 2018 Tempe, Arizona incident was the first recorded pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle. Incidents span 1 domain: Human-AI Control.

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