Personal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows
Mar 23, 2020
A recent study exposed a concerning bias in voice recognition systems from major tech companies, including Apple, Amazon, Google, IBM, and M...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™University of Illinois' Proctorio Remote-Proctoring Deployment Reportedly Raised Student Rights Concerns
Mar 23, 2020
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suspended the use of Proctorio's remote-testing software due to reported issues concerning priva...
Read moreBug in Facebook’s Anti-Spam Filter Allegedly Blocked Legitimate Posts about COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020
Facebook users reported incidents of legitimate news about the coronavirus pandemic being blocked, allegedly due to a bug in an anti-spam sy...
Read morePermanent Removal of Social Media Content via Automated Tools Allegedly Prevented Investigative Efforts
Mar 16, 2020
The automated, permanent removal of social media content that violates policies, such as terrorism, violent extremism, and hate speech, may...
Read more“Video Unavailable”
Mar 16, 2020
Incident involving unavailability of a video system highlights the need for effective governance to ensure trustworthy and safe AI practices...
Read moreCanadian Universities' AI Proctoring Tools Reportedly Collected Student Biometric Data Without Adequate Consent
Mar 9, 2020
AI proctoring tools for online exams at Canadian universities have sparked debate over compliance with individual consent regulations during...
Read moreTikTok's "Suggested Accounts" Algorithm Allegedly Reinforced Racial Bias through Feedback Loops
Feb 24, 2020
TikTok's 'Suggested Accounts' algorithm is under scrutiny for reinforcing racial bias, despite the platform not basing recommendations on ra...
Read moreEasyMile Self-Driving Shuttle Unexpectedly Stopped Mid-Route, Injuring a Passenger
Feb 20, 2020
An EasyMile self-driving shuttle, deployed by Smart Columbus in the Linden neighborhood, unexpectedly halted mid-route. This abrupt stop cau...
Read moreAlgorithm Used by the Malaysian Judiciary Reportedly Recommended Unusually High Sentencing to a Drug Possession Case
Feb 19, 2020
The AI system utilized by the Malaysian judiciary, which takes into account age, employment, and socio-economic factors for sentencing, has...
Read moreNetworking Platform Giggle Employs AI to Determine Users’ Gender, Allegedly Excluding Transgender Women
Feb 7, 2020
Giggle, a social networking platform, is under scrutiny for using AI technology that reportedly collects, shares, and uses sensitive biometr...
Read moreBJP Used Deepfake Videos of Manoj Tiwari to Target Haryanvi Voters in 2020 Delhi Election
Feb 7, 2020
In February 2020, deepfake videos of party leader Manoj Tiwari were used by India's BJP to target voters in the Delhi legislative election....
Read moreNoelle Martin Deepfaked Without Consent in AI-Generated Pornography
Feb 6, 2020
In 2017, Noelle Martin encountered explicit deepfake videos online that leveraged AI technology to overlay her face onto pornographic conten...
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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.