Atlas Robot Fell off Stage at Conference
Jul 3, 2017
Boston Dynamics' autonomous robot, Atlas, experienced an unexpected incident at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders confer...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citationAirbnb's Trustworthiness Algorithm Allegedly Banned Users without Explanation, and Discriminated against Sex Workers
Jul 1, 2017
Airbnb has been accused of employing an algorithm to assess user trustworthiness based on personality and behavioral traits. This alleged pr...
Read moreDeepfake Obama Introduction of Deepfakes
Jul 1, 2017
Researchers at the University of Washington create a deepfake video featuring former President Obama, highlighting the need for responsible...
Read moreClearview AI Algorithm Built on Photos Scraped from Social Media Profiles without Consent
Jun 15, 2017
Clearview AI's face-matching algorithm raised concerns due to its construction from scraped images from social media platforms like Instagra...
Read moreHigh False Positive Rate by SWP's Facial Recognition Use at Champion's League Final
Jun 3, 2017
The South Wales Police (SWP)'s deployment of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology at the Champion's League Final football game in C...
Read moreBBC Reporter's Twin Brother Cracked HSBC's Voice ID Authentication
May 19, 2017
HSBC's voice recognition authentication system was outwitted after seven attempts by the twin brother of a BBC reporter, who successfully mi...
Read moreHouston Schools Must Face Teacher Evaluation Lawsuit
May 8, 2017
On May 4, 2017, a U.S. federal judge granted teachers' petition that the Houston Independent School District's algorithmic teacher evaluatio...
Read moreOverfit Kaggle Models Discouraged Data Science Competitors
May 1, 2017
In the 'The Nature Conservancy Fisheries Monitoring' competition on the data science platform Kaggle, several participants overfit their ima...
Read moreNew York Detective Misused Woody Harrelson's Face to Perform Face Recognition Search
Apr 28, 2017
A New York City detective misused facial recognition technology in an attempt to identify a CVS theft suspect, using Woody Harrelson's face...
Read moreFaceApp Racial Filters
Apr 25, 2017
FaceApp has drawn criticism for its racially insensitive filters, highlighting the need for trustworthy AI practices. Such incidents emphasi...
Read moreFacebook Reportedly Outed Sex Workers through Friend Recommendations
Apr 15, 2017
The 'People You May Know' feature on Facebook has reportedly exposed sex workers by inappropriately recommending clients to their personal a...
Read moreGender Biases in Google Translate
Apr 13, 2017
In 2016, a Cornell University study shed light on the implicit gender bias in Google Translate's assignment of genders to occupations, which...
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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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.