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Waymo

Organization

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-WAYMO
Type
Organization

Roles
Developer Deployer
Sectors
Incidents
3

First Incident
2024-12-27
Last Incident
2026-01-23

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (3)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-26-0044 Waymo Robotaxi Strikes Child Near Elementary School in Santa Monica — NHTSA Investigation Opened critical 2026-01-23
INC-25-0013 Waymo Autonomous Vehicles Violate School Bus Stop Laws in Austin critical 2025-08
INC-24-0027 Waymo Robotaxi Collides with Serve Delivery Robot in Los Angeles medium 2024-12-27

Context & Analysis

Waymo appears in 3 documented incidents spanning December 2024 to January 2026. 67% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Human-AI Control (2 incidents). The most common pattern is Unsafe Human-in-the-Loop Failures, appearing in 3 incidents.

Severity Distribution

Critical: 2 Medium: 1

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Waymo appeared as developer in 2 incidents; deployer in 3 incidents. Key incidents include: INC-26-0044 Waymo Robotaxi Strikes Child Near Elementary School in Santa Monica — NHTSA Investigation Opened (critical severity, 2026-01-23) ; INC-25-0013 Waymo Autonomous Vehicles Violate School Bus Stop Laws in Austin (critical severity, 2025-08) ; INC-24-0027 Waymo Robotaxi Collides with Serve Delivery Robot in Los Angeles (medium severity, 2024-12-27) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Waymo?

Waymo's incidents involve Unsafe Human-in-the-Loop Failures , Goal Drift , Multi-Agent Coordination Failures . These are part of a taxonomy of 49 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Waymo (ENT-WAYMO) is documented at /entities/waymo/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

Incidents span 2 domains: Human-AI Control, Agentic Systems.

When citing, reference the canonical URL and specific incident IDs (e.g., INC-26-0044) for traceability.