ZTO Express unmanned vehicle drags fallen e-bike in Shaanxi
On 8 April 2025, a ZTO Express unmanned delivery vehicle operated by Jiushi Intelligent Technology in Xianyang, Shaanxi, failed to detect a fallen electric bicycle and dragged it along the road. The vehicle's safety system triggered braking after contact but then resumed speed. No injuries were reported, and the company suspended the vehicle, apologised, and is cooperating with traffic police investigation.
- Company involved
- ZTO Express
- AI system involved
- 九识无人车
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Residents suing Hyperscale data center in Dowagiac over 'unreasonable, excessive noise'
Residents of Dowagiac, Michigan, filed a class-action lawsuit against Alliance Cloud Services, a subsidiary of Hyperscale Data, over constant noise from the cooling fans of its data centre, which opened in 2022 as a digital-asset mining site and is being expanded for AI computing. Neighbours describe a vacuum-cleaner-like hum day and night that keeps them indoors and disrupts sleep. The city adopted an industrial noise limit and fined the operator, which disputes the measurements.
- Company involved
- Hyperscale Data (Alliance Cloud Services)
- AI system involved
- Dowagiac data centre
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Pony.ai Recalls Autonomous Driving Software After California Crash
In October 2021, a Pony.ai autonomous vehicle without a human safety driver collided with a lane divider and street sign in Fremont, California. No injuries occurred, but the incident led the California DMV to suspend Pony.ai's driverless testing permit and prompted an NHTSA inquiry. The agency determined a software defect caused the crash and requested a recall, which Pony.ai issued for three vehicles in March 2022. The company updated its software and repaired the affected vehicles, while the driverless permit remains suspended pending DMV verification.
- Company involved
- Pony.ai
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Indiana residents brace for storms after data center crews hit line powering 4 tornado sirens
A company building a new data centre in Sullivan County, Indiana, accidentally hit a power line that runs four tornado sirens, leaving part of the county's warning system offline during a period of possible severe weather, the county emergency management agency said.
- AI system involved
- Sullivan County data centre construction
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Neighbors say PAX-1 data center blasting rattles homes in Middlesex Township
Neighbours of the PAX-1 (Pennsylvania Digital 1) data centre under construction in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, say blasting and drilling rattle their homes and make it impossible to be outdoors. A resident of a nearby mobile home community reported new cracks in her home after the blasts.
- Company involved
- Pennsylvania Digital 1
- AI system involved
- PAX-1 data centre
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Tesla Robotaxi Crashes Into Barrier While Company Touts Flawless Safety Record
Роботаксі Tesla в'їхало в огорожу, поки компанія розказує про бездоганний показник безпеки - 24 Канал
A Tesla robotaxi with a passenger collided with plastic bollards in Austin, Texas. The incident occurred as Tesla claims its Robotaxi program has zero notable incidents ahead of launching the Cybercab on public roads.
- Company involved
- Tesla
- AI system involved
- Robotaxi
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NEV 'Smart Cruise' Crashes Into Construction Cones; Traffic Police: Assisted Driving Is Not Autonomous Driving
新能源汽车“智能巡航”撞上施工锥桶，交警：辅助驾驶不等于自动驾驶！ - 紫牛新闻
On the morning of August 20, on the G15 Shenhai Expressway in Hai'an, a new energy sedan using its smart cruise function drove into construction cones placed in the first lane. The driver swerved into the rightmost lane after impact, and no injuries were reported. Traffic police said assisted driving is not autonomous driving and the driver remains primarily responsible.
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Severe flooding in Mason County relating to data center construction, residents to be reimbursed for damages
Runoff from construction of the Monarch Compute Campus, a data centre project of Fidelis New Energy with Nscale, flooded homes along University Lane in Mason County, West Virginia, after heavy rain when a section of silt fencing gave way. Residents reported water under their houses and fear mould. The site manager said the company would cover cleanup and repairs; the neighbourhood flooded again in July.
- Company involved
- Fidelis New Energy / Nscale
- AI system involved
- Monarch Compute Campus
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Data Center Noise Still Shakes Homes in Great Oak, County Slow to Act
Residents of the Great Oak subdivision in Prince William County, Virginia, told the Board of County Supervisors on 10 June 2025 that the low-frequency hum from cooling systems at nearby data centres, including Amazon Web Services sites, is still shaking their homes, while a draft county noise ordinance remained long delayed.
- Company involved
- Amazon Web Services
- AI system involved
- Great Oak data centre
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Lieff Cabraser and Greer Injury Lawyers Announce Federal Class Action Lawsuit Against X.AI Corp and MZX Tech LLC for Nuisance,…
The data centers and gas turbines emitted constant noise, vibrations, and particulate matter, affecting residents' ability to use and enjoy their properties.
- Company involved
- X.AI Corp and MZX Tech LLC
- AI system involved
- Colossus I, Colossus II, MACROHARDRR, Minihard data centers and gas turbines
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Robotaxi causes accident in Dänikon – SBB and canton report property damage
Robotaxi baut Unfall in Dänikon – SBB und Kanton melden Sachschaden - Tages-Anzeiger
A robotaxi was involved in an accident in Dänikon on Friday with minor property damage. The driving system mistakenly classified a ground plate as drivable, resulting in tire damage. The Federal Roads Office confirmed that safe continued operation of the remaining vehicles is possible.
- Company involved
- iamo
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National Weather Service AI Map Hallucinates Fake Idaho Towns
The National Weather Service published a wind forecast map for rural Idaho that included non-existent town names such as 'Orangeotild' and 'Whata Bod', generated by an AI tool. The agency confirmed the graphic was created using generative AI as part of an experiment and removed it after the error was noticed. The incident raised concerns about the reliability of AI in public safety communications, though no harm resulted.
- Company involved
- National Weather Service
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Life or Death in Two Seconds: The Smart Driving Chaos Behind the Fatal Xiaomi Car Crash—Every Owner Must Read!
生死两秒：小米汽车致命车祸背后的智驾迷局，所有车主必看！ - 汽车之家
A Xiaomi SU7 was traveling at 116 km/h on the Dezhou-Shanghai Expressway on March 29 when its NOA system issued an obstacle warning, leaving the driver only about two seconds to react. The vehicle hit a cement barrier at 97 km/h and caught fire, killing three university students inside. The article criticizes the short warning time, the gap between marketing claims and driver responsibility disclaimers, and calls for stricter smart driving safety standards.
- Company involved
- Xiaomi
- AI system involved
- NOA
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Zoox Recalls 105 Robotaxis After Vehicle Enters Fire Scene in Las Vegas
A Zoox autonomous vehicle drove into heavy smoke at an active fire scene in Las Vegas on June 20, 2026, before emergency crews had fully secured the area. The unoccupied robotaxi braked and stopped, then reversed out under remote operator guidance. Zoox issued a voluntary recall of its 105-vehicle fleet and deployed a software update to improve smoke detection. The incident has drawn scrutiny from NHTSA, which plans to meet with autonomous vehicle developers to address such safety issues.
- Company involved
- Zoox
- AI system involved
- Zoox autonomous driving software
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Zoox Recalls Software After Autonomous Vehicles Cross Lane Lines
Zoox issued a voluntary software recall for 332 autonomous vehicles after identifying instances where the vehicles crossed center lane lines or blocked crosswalks. The issue, first observed on August 26, 2025, involved a robotaxi making a wide turn into an opposing lane. No collisions occurred, but the company acknowledged the risk and deployed software updates in November and December to correct the behavior. Zoox is in ongoing discussions with NHTSA about the incidents.
- Company involved
- Zoox
- AI system involved
- Zoox autonomous driving system
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Waymo restricts freeway rides after robotaxis enter construction zones
Waymo has voluntarily recalled 3,871 robotaxis after some entered freeway construction zones in Phoenix and the Bay Area. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the software may allow a vehicle to enter a closed construction zone, increasing crash risk. Waymo is developing a software fix to detect and avoid construction zones. No crashes or injuries were reported.
- Company involved
- Waymo
- AI system involved
- Waymo fifth-generation automated driving system
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U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert System Sends False Earthquake Alert to Cellphones
Last week, the ShakeAlert early earthquake warning system managed by the U.S. Geological Survey issued a false alert for a magnitude-5.9 earthquake near Dayton, Nevada. The automated system sent critical alerts to cellphones hundreds of miles away, urging people to drop and hold on to something sturdy. The USGS blamed a technical glitch for the false alarm, and California lawmakers have demanded answers regarding the cause and the system’s verification safeguards.
- Company involved
- U.S. Geological Survey
- AI system involved
- ShakeAlert
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Tesla Autopilot Misidentifies Horse-Drawn Carriage as Truck in Switzerland
A Tesla driver in Switzerland recorded his car's Autopilot system misidentifying a horse-drawn carriage as various objects, including a truck spinning into a head-on collision. The incident, which occurred on a highway outside Zurich, was a near miss with no accident. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. The driver posted the video online, highlighting a potential safety flaw in the system's object detection.
- Company involved
- Tesla
- AI system involved
- Autopilot
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Waymo recalls 3,500 robotaxis after vehicle enters flooded Texas road
On April 20, 2026, an unoccupied Waymo robotaxi entered a flooded road in San Antonio, Texas, during severe weather. No injuries occurred, but the incident prompted Waymo to issue a voluntary recall of up to 3,791 vehicles due to software that could allow the cars to drive onto flooded roads. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published recall documents, and Waymo stated it is implementing additional software safeguards and has restricted operations in extreme weather. The fix is still under development.
- Company involved
- Waymo
- AI system involved
- Waymo autonomous driving system
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APT28 uses LLM-powered malware LAMEHUG against Ukraine's security and defence sector
CERT-UA reports that the threat group UAC-0001 (APT28) distributed phishing emails to Ukrainian executive bodies, impersonating a ministry representative. The emails contained a malicious attachment that deployed LAMEHUG, a Python-based tool which uses the Qwen 2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct large language model via Hugging Face to generate commands for data collection and exfiltration. The malware gathered system information and searched for Microsoft Office, TXT and PDF documents in common user directories, exfiltrating them via SFTP or HTTP POST requests.
- Company involved
- UAC-0001 (APT28)
- AI system involved
- LAMEHUG
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Durham Police uses Experian Mosaic data in HART AI risk tool
Durham Constabulary developed the Harm Assessment Risk Tool (HART), a machine learning algorithm that assesses the recidivism risk of offenders. The tool uses 34 data categories including criminal history, age, gender and two types of postcode, one sourced from Experian's Mosaic marketing segmentation system. Big Brother Watch alleges that using such commercial consumer behaviour data to inform custody decisions risks prejudice and disproportionate targeting of deprived neighbourhoods. The force has stated it is refreshing the model with an aim to remove one of the postcode predictors.
- Company involved
- Durham Constabulary
- AI system involved
- Harm Assessment Risk Tool (HART)
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Hellobike self-driving car injures two pedestrians in Zhuzhou
In June 2025, a Hellobike autonomous taxi in Zhuzhou, Hunan, veered off course and struck two pedestrians crossing the road, causing serious injuries. The company suspended its autonomous driving operations in Zhuzhou and Liyang following the crash. Reports suggest the vehicle may have lacked sufficient underside sensors, leading to detection failures. The incident is believed to be the first publicly known injury-causing crash involving a robotaxi in China.
- Company involved
- 哈啰
- AI system involved
- 哈啰自动驾驶 Robotaxi
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Hangzhou No. 11 Middle School installs facial recognition system to monitor students
Hangzhou No. 11 Middle School has deployed a smart classroom behaviour management system, developed with Hikvision, that uses facial recognition to take attendance and analyse students' expressions and behaviour. The system alerts teachers when students appear inattentive. The school says it records only behavioural state information, not video, and that it will be installed in all classes. Some people have raised privacy concerns.
- Company involved
- 杭州第十一中学
- AI system involved
- 智慧课堂行为管理系统
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Lake Zurich High School students used AI to generate explicit images of female classmates
In February 2026, students at Lake Zurich High School used artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit images of female classmates without their consent. The school district acknowledged the incident and notified police, who are investigating. More than 40 girls from fifth grade to high school were reportedly affected. The school provided support and issued disciplinary consequences, while the police investigation continues.
- Company involved
- Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95
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