AI Incident Database: Waymo Autonomous Vehicle Reportedly Ran Over and Killed a Cat in San Francisco
A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco's Mission District reportedly ran over a well-known neighborhood cat, Kit Kat. The vehicle was reportedly pulling away from a pickup when the cat darted under it, according to Waymo. Local residents reportedly attempted to intervene, and a bartender transported the injured cat to an emergency clinic, where it later died.
AI Incident Database · Incident 1269Operator lens (critical): inspect D4 (observability), D5 (model change gate), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event summary
A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco's Mission District reportedly ran over a well-known neighborhood cat, Kit Kat. The vehicle was reportedly pulling away from a pickup when the cat darted under it, according to Waymo. Local residents reportedly attempted to intervene, and a bartender transported the injured cat to an emergency clinic, where it later died.
Linked entities
- waymo
organisation | 70%
- kit-kat
organisation | 70%
- general-public-of-san-francisco
organisation | 70%
- animal-life
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |