Amazon Allegedly Tweaked Search Algorithm to Boost Its Own Products
Aug 1, 2018
Allegations suggest Amazon manipulated product search algorithm to prioritize in-house products, potentially violating the company's custome...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™Amazon's Rekognition Falsely Matched Members of Congress to Mugshots
Jul 26, 2018
The ACLU exposed a concerning incident where Amazon's Rekognition face comparison feature falsely matched members of Congress, particularly...
Read moreSwedish Contraceptive App, Natural Cycles, Allegedly Failed to Correctly Map Menstrual Cycle
Jul 21, 2018
The contraceptive app, Natural Cycles, reportedly experienced difficulties in accurately mapping menstrual cycles, potentially leading to un...
Read moreChinese Tech Firms Allegedly Developed Facial Recognition to Identify People by Race, Targeting Uyghur Muslims
Jul 20, 2018
Patent applications expose the development of race-based facial recognition technology by Chinese tech firms, potentially leading to persecu...
Read moreUber Allegedly Wrongfully Accused Drivers of Fraud via Automated Systems
Jul 7, 2018
A lawsuit alleges that ride-sharing giant, Uber, wrongfully accused its drivers in the UK and Portugal of fraud using automated systems. The...
Read moreTransgender Uber Drivers Mistakenly Kicked off App for Appearance Change during Gender Transitions
Jul 4, 2018
Transgender Uber drivers reported being deactivated from the app due to issues in the Real-Time ID Check system, which failed to account for...
Read moreFacebook’s Automated Content Moderation Tool Flagged a Post Containing Parts of the Declaration of Independence as Hate Speech by Mistake
Jul 2, 2018
Facebook admitted that their content moderation system incorrectly identified excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, posted by a Tex...
Read moreAtlantic City Casino-Hotels Allegedly Used Cendyn's Rainmaker AI to Coordinate and Inflate Room Rates
Jun 28, 2018
Cendyn's Rainmaker AI-powered pricing platform was allegedly used by Atlantic City casino-hotels to coordinate room rates using competitors'...
Read moreTwo Cruise Autonomous Vehicles Collided with Each Other in California
Jun 11, 2018
In San Francisco, an autonomous Cruise vehicle, a Chevrolet Bolt, collided with another Cruise vehicle driven by a human employee. The incid...
Read moreOpenAI's Training Data for LLMs Allegedly Comprised of Copyrighted Books
Jun 11, 2018
Two authors filed a class action lawsuit, claiming OpenAI violated copyrights by integrating 'shadow libraries', containing unauthorized cop...
Read moreCalgary Malls Reportedly Deployed Facial Recognition Without Customer Consent
Jun 1, 2018
The unauthorized deployment of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in some Calgary-area malls, estimated to approximate customer age and gen...
Read moreTesla on Autopilot Crashed into Parked Police Car in California
May 29, 2018
A Tesla vehicle operating in Autopilot mode collided with a stationary police car, causing minor injuries to the driver in Laguna Beach, Cal...
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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.