Health Risks Posed by Walmart's Bagging-Detection System During COVID-19: A Case of Unwarranted False Positives
April 15, 2020
The theft-deterring bagging-system at Walmart reportedly posed health risks to employees during the coronavirus pandemic, as false alarms triggered unnecessary interventions and potential exposure. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help ensure safe and secure AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- walmart
- Alleged developer
- everseen
- Alleged harmed parties
- walmart-employees
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/364
Data source
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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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