Telemetry Integrity

Keeping the sensor, location and log data that agents act on trustworthy.

GPS interference has become routine: IATA estimates signal loss on 59 of every 1,000 flights in 2025, up from 31 in 2022, and Baltic states reported about 123,000 affected flights in four months. China made automated-driving event recorders mandatory on January 1, 2026; the EU's logging duty for high-risk AI is delayed to December 2027.

GPS signal loss on flights: 2022 31; 2024 56; 2025 (estimate) 59. Secondary source reporting IATA data GPS SIGNAL LOSS ON FLIGHTS 2022 31 2024 56 2025 (estimate) 59 PER 1,000 FLIGHTS, IATA SECONDARY SOURCE REPORTING IATA DATA
Baltic flights affected, Jan to Apr 2025
~123,000
Ships disrupted a day, Gulf and Hormuz
~970
Lidar spoofing error, field test
8.4 m
Registry failures
0

Registry

No registry incident yet turns on a failed telemetry integrity control

None of the 19 incidents in the 137AI Incident Registry records a failure of this control. That reflects what public sources disclose about each incident, not proof the control works; the failures that did surface sit under behavioral envelopes, human oversight and access control.

Implementations

Vehicle regulators lead: China and UNECE require tamper-resistant records and update control

China's GB 44497-2024 requires automated-driving data recorders on new vehicles. UN R155 and R156 require a cybersecurity management system and controlled software updates for EU type approval. NHTSA's Standing General Order requires crash reports when automation was active within 30 seconds of a crash. Research teams have shifted lidar localization by up to 8.4 m, wider than a traffic lane.

Named telemetry integrity implementations
ImplementationVendor or bodyCountryWhat it enforcesStatus
Automated-driving data storage system (GB 44497-2024)MIIT, SAMR and SACChinaMandatory recording of automated-driving operating and event dataEffective Jan 1, 2026
Cybersecurity management system (UN R155)UNECE WP.29InternationalFleet attack monitoring across the vehicle lifecycleAll new EU vehicles from Jul 1, 2024
Software update management system (UN R156)UNECE WP.29InternationalSoftware IDs and validated, documented updatesJul 1, 2024
Standing General Order crash reportingNHTSAUnited StatesReports of crashes within 30 seconds of ADS or Level 2 useThird amendment effective Jun 16, 2025

Row color shows the agent class served: orange physical, teal personal and ambient, blue software.

Recent events

  • Lithuanian pilots filed a record 1,022 interference reports in June 2025.
  • Windward counted GNSS disruption to between 693 and 1,155 ships a day in the Gulf and Hormuz during June 2025.
  • China's Supreme People's Court said on September 7, 2026 that courts may order event-record data produced to decide crash causes.
  • GB 44495 was amended on January 28, 2026 to apply to new type approvals from July 1, 2026.

Exposure

Perception and sensors rates very significant or critical for 12 of 17 agent types

The telemetry integrity discipline covers the perception and sensors dimension of the agent attack surface ratings. These agent types depend on it most.

Agent types most exposed on this dimension
Agent typeDimensionRatingWhy
Robotaxis and autonomous vehiclesPerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, lidar, radar, GNSS, and IMU
Humanoid robotsPerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, depth sensors, lidar in some models, microphones, IMU and proprioception
Industrial robots and cobotsPerception and sensorsVery significantSafety scanners and force sensing decide when to slow or stop
Autonomous trucksPerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, lidar, radar, GNSS, IMU
DronesPerception and sensorsVery significantGNSS spoofing and camera blinding mislead navigation
Phones and tabletsPerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, microphones, location, biometric sensors, motion sensors
WearablesPerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, microphones, biosensors are the primary value of the device
Vehicle cabin AIPerception and sensorsVery significantInterior cameras, microphones, biometric sensors, presence detection, increasingly RF-based occupant sensing
Smart home assistantsPerception and sensorsVery significantAlways-on microphones, cameras with computer vision, motion and presence sensors, environmental sensors
Medical devicesPerception and sensorsVery significantMedical imaging, biosensors, ECG, glucose, vital signs
Public infrastructurePerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, microphones, RF sensors, environmental sensors typically operating continuously
Ambient sensorsPerception and sensorsVery significantCameras, microphones, palm and Wi-Fi sensing are the product

Rules

Recording and cybersecurity duties are in force for vehicles; general AI logging is delayed

Rules and standards for telemetry integrity
RuleJurisdictionWhat it requiresStatus
GB 44497-2024 automated-driving data recordingChinaMandatory event data recording for automated drivingEffective Jan 1, 2026
GB 44495-2024 vehicle cybersecurityChinaCybersecurity management plus interface, update and data testsEffective Jan 1, 2026
UN R155 and R156UNECE / EUCybersecurity and software update management for type approvalAll new EU vehicles from Jul 1, 2024
NHTSA Standing General Order, third amendmentUSADS and Level 2 crash reporting within five days for the most severeEffective Jun 16, 2025
EU AI Act Article 12EUAutomatic event logging over a high-risk system's lifetimeDelayed to Dec 2, 2027

Status colors: green in force, blue voluntary standard or framework, amber adopted and phasing in, gray draft or pending, red withdrawn.

Limits

Signing and logging prove data was not altered after capture, not that the sensor saw the world correctly

Spoofed GPS or lidar produces validly signed false data, so cross-checks between independent sensors still matter.

Record

Page Record

Datasets
ai_control_implementations.csv (4 rows for this page); ai_incident_controls.csv (0 linked); ai_attack_surface.csv
Key sources
MIIT, SAMR and SAC
NHTSA
UNECE WP.29
Source notes
Automated-driving data storage system (GB 44497-2024): secondary source; Cybersecurity management system (UN R155): secondary source; Software update management system (UN R156): secondary source
Last verified
October 2026