Investigation into Critical Warehouse Incident Involving Bear Spray at Amazon Facility - Highlighting Importance of Safe and Secure AI

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a bear spray accident in an Amazon warehouse that left a worker critically injured. This incident underscores the need for trustworthy AI, particularly in such settings. JOIN US To support Project Cerebellum's efforts in promoting responsible AI governance, 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

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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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