Amazon's Algorithm Modifications: A Case Study on Promoting Safe and Trustworthy AI

This AI incident highlights Amazon's proactive approach to alter search results and rankings, fostering a safer digital environment for users. This action aligns with the Harm Prevention function in Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/15

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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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