Robot Destroyed while Hitchhiking through the United States
Aug 1, 2015
A non-actuated conversational robot, which previously traversed Canada by relying on human kindness for movement, met an unfortunate end sho...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citationFacebook's Friend Suggestion Feature Recommends Patients of Psychiatrist to Each Other
Jul 15, 2015
The 'People You May Know' feature on Facebook was reported by a psychiatrist for recommending her patients as friends, potentially breaching...
Read moreCollection of Robotic Surgery Malfunctions
Jul 13, 2015
Exploration of a database containing 8,061 robotic surgery malfunction reports, with 1,391 resulting in injury and 144 ending fatally betwee...
Read moreWorker killed by robot in welding accident at car parts factory in India
Jul 2, 2015
An unfortunate accident occurred at SKH Metals Factory in Manesar, India where a factory robot, during welding operations, pierced and fatal...
Read moreAustralian Automated Debt Assessment System Issued False Notices to Thousands
Jul 1, 2015
The Australian Department of Human Services' (DHS) automated debt assessment system issued incorrect or false notices to over hundreds of th...
Read moreGoogle and Delphi Self-Driving Prototypes Allegedly Involved in Near-Miss on San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
Jun 23, 2015
A near-miss incident occurred between a Delphi self-driving Audi Q5 prototype and a Google self-driving Lexus RX400h on San Antonio Road, Pa...
Read moreFacebook’s "Tag Suggestions" Allegedly Stored Biometric Data without User Consent
Jun 14, 2015
The initial release of Facebook’s Tag Suggestions function reportedly stored biometric data, such as facial recognition information, without...
Read moreImages of Black People Labeled as Gorillas
Jun 3, 2015
Google Photos, a popular image processing software, inadvertently labeled a black couple as 'gorillas'. This unfortunate incident underscore...
Read moreFacebook's AI-Supported Moderation Failed to Classify Terrorist Content in East African Languages
Jun 1, 2015
Alarmingly, Facebook's AI system for content moderation in East African languages has been reportedly failing to identify terrorist content,...
Read moreGoogle’s YouTube Kids App Presents Inappropriate Content
May 19, 2015
The HISPI Project Cerebellum AI incident database highlights a recent incident involving YouTube's content filtering and recommendation algo...
Read moreGoogle’s Face Grouping Allegedly Collected and Analyzed Users’ Facial Structure without Consent, Violated BIPA
May 1, 2015
A class-action lawsuit was filed against Google, claiming they failed to comply with data transparency requirements regarding their face-gro...
Read moreGender Biases of Google Image Search
Apr 4, 2015
Google Image Search results show a disproportionate representation of women, particularly in leadership roles. Strikingly, the first image r...
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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.