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David Weitzner, Assistant professor, Administrative Studies, York University, Canada

Push for AI innovation can create dangerous products

Companies develop AI to gain an advantage over their competition, but this results in flawed products entering the market. (Shutterstock)

This past June, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a probe into Tesla’s autopilot software. Data gathered from 16 crashes raised concerns over the possibility that Tesla’s AI may be programmed to quit when a crash is imminent. This way, the car’s driver, not the manufacturer, would be legally liable at the moment of impact.

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