Unauthorized Use of Alexa Leads to Police Raid: A Case Study in AI Misuse and Governance
This incident highlights the potential dangers of unauthorized use of smart assistants like Amazon's Alexa. The misuse of such technology can lead to serious consequences, including police raids. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help establish guardrails for AI and promote responsible AI use? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/33
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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.
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