Unauthorized Use of Alexa Leads to Home Raided - An Important Lesson in AI Governance

This AI incident highlights the need for trustworthy AI and responsible use of voice assistants like Alexa. The misuse of such technology can have severe consequences, as demonstrated by this unfortunate case where a home was raided. It underscores the importance of safe and secure AI systems and the role of Project Cerebellum in developing governance structures for AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? 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).

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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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