Investigation Underway: Amazon Warehouse Bear Spray Accident Highlights Need for Responsible AI in Safety Systems
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently investigating a bear spray incident at an Amazon warehouse, which left a worker critically injured. This unfortunate event underscores the importance of trustworthy AI, especially within safety systems to prevent such incidents. JOIN US. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/2
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.