Values Statement: We believe AI should cause no harm, but enhance the quality of human life, by proactively adopting our AI Governance framework.

Evidence-based Transparent For governance

AI Incidents

TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation

Bear Spray Accident Injures 24 Workers at Amazon Facility: A Call for Safe AI Governance

In an unfortunate incident, a robot equipped with bear spray accidentally discharged the chemical at an Amazon warehouse in Washington state...

Unintended Consequences: Amazon Workers Harmed by Autonomous Repeller

In an unexpected turn of events, 24 Amazon workers were injured following an incident involving an autonomous bear repellent device. The sel...

Amazon Warehouse Incident Highlights the Importance of AI Safety

A recent incident involving bear spray at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey has brought attention to the company's safety record. The event...

Amazon Incident: Robot Malfunction Leads to Multiple Employee Injuries from Bear Spray

An unexpected incident occurred at Amazon's facilities where a robot malfunction led to the release of bear spray, causing dozens of employe...

24 Warehouse Workers Affected by AI Incident Involving Robot Mishap

Recent incident at an Amazon warehouse saw 24 workers hospitalized following a mishap with a robot. The robot accidentally punctured a can o...

Examining Amazon's Safety Record after a Warehouse Accident in New Jersey

A recent accident at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey has brought the company's safety record under scrutiny. This incident serves as a rem...

AI System Malfunction Causes Mass Illness at New Jersey Amazon Warehouse

An unspecified AI system in an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey was found to have malfunctioned, causing the puncturing of a bear spray can. O...

Examining Amazon's History of Incidents Involving Bear Repellents

Investigating a series of accidents involving bear repellent products, we delve into Amazon's role and responsibilities in ensuring safe and...

AI System Misidentifies Bears as Threats, Causes Amazon Worker Injuries

In an unsettling incident at an Amazon facility, several workers suffered injuries due to a misunderstanding by the facility's AI system. Th...

Bear Spray Incident at Amazon Warehouse Causes Multiple Injuries

A recent incident in an Amazon warehouse resulted in dozens of injuries, one critically, due to the accidental release of bear spray. The oc...

Robot Error Leads to Amazon Employee's Injury - Enhancing AI Responsibility

An unfortunate incident at an Amazon facility involved an employee being accidentally sprayed with bear spray by a robot, highlighting the u...

Incident at Amazon Warehouse: Workers Affected by Bear Spray Exposure in Robbinsville, N.J.

An unfortunate incident occurred recently at an Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville, New Jersey, where workers were exposed to bear spray, resu...

Data source

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.