ISO 8800 is a standard aimed at functional safety in automotive applications, pertaining to artificial intelligence. It provides the guidelines for integrating AI systems into any safety-related functions of road vehicles. In full disclosure, I wasn’t aware of this standard, and I was frankly surprised I wasn’t. 

To remedy the situation, I invited Jill Britton, the Director of Compliance at Perforce, onto this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. Jill explained what the standard is all about and which parts of it are key for embedded developers to understand.

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MINNEAPOLIS— Perforce Software is partnering with Siemens Digital Industries Software to transform how smart, connected products are designed and developed, reflecting a shared vision: the future of product innovation is software-defined, AI-powered, and silicon-enabled.

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Perforce Software recently released the 2025 State of Automotive Software Development Report*. The statistics showed there is more utilization of AI within environments, as well as the continuous challenges of code complexity, and the importance of safety and security. According to 49% of those surveyed, safety was the top concern in AI vehicle development.

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2 conference presentations: 'Integration of AUTOSAR C++ Coding Guidelines into MISRA C++', and 'Safety and Security-Critical Embedded Software Development Within DevOps'.