Description: Delivery company Glovo's automated system sent an email terminating an employee for "non-compliance terms and conditions" after the employee was killed in a car accident while making a delivery on Glovo's behalf.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Glovo developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Sebastian Galassi and Sebastian Galassi's family.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
384
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2022-10-03
Editors
Khoa Lam, Kate Perkins
Applied Taxonomies
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
Risk Domain
The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
- AI system safety, failures, and limitations
Entity
Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
AI
Timing
The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
Post-deployment
Intent
Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Unintentional
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline

He studied design and graphics for the web and in the meantime, to support himself , he made home deliveries in the evening. It was working as a rider that Sebastian Galassi, 26, from Florence, lost his life in a car accident on 2 October. …
This is an edited, translated version of an article that originally appeared on October 5, 2022
On October 1, 26-year-old graphic design student Sebastian Galassi died in Florence, Italy when his moped collided with a Land Rover SUV while h…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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