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AI Incidents

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Unwanted Orders Triggered by TV News: A Case of Misguided AI

In a surprising incident, viewers' Amazon Echo devices were inadvertently activated during a news broadcast, resulting in unwanted orders fo...

Young Child Accidentally Orders High-End Treats Using Amazon's Alexa

A recent incident involving a 6-year-old child demonstrates the need for responsible AI governance. The child, in an unintended interaction...

Unintended Consequences of Voice Commands: An Amazon Alexa Incident

In an unexpected turn of events, a TV anchor unknowingly triggered a live Alexa voice command, ordering a dollhouse. This incident highlight...

Amazon Echo Mistakes TV Conversation for Command: Doll Houses Ordered

An Amazon Echo device was triggered to place an order for doll houses after a UK television presenter mentioned the toy on-air. The incident...

AI-Driven Amazon Echo Triggers Unsolicited Order of Dollhouses

A recent incident involving an Amazon Echo device highlights the need for responsible AI governance. The Echo, triggered by a conversation a...

Cat Food Order Mistake Resolved in Amazon Echo Dot Ad Incident

An advertisement featuring the Amazon Echo Dot was cleared after a cat food order mistake. The advertisement, intended to promote a smart ho...

Unintended Purchase Incident: News Anchor Unknowingly Commands Amazon Alexa to Buy a Doll's House

In an unusual AI incident, a news anchor inadvertently triggered an Amazon Echo device to purchase a doll's house during a live broadcast. T...

Unintended Orders: Amazon Echo Devices Mistakenly Order Dollhouses

In an unexpected turn of events, some Amazon Echo devices have been accidentally ordering dollhouses upon hearing a US news programme. This...

Child Orders Items Using Voice Assistant: A Look at AI Incident

A recent incident has highlighted the need for responsible AI governance when a 6-year-old placed orders for a dollhouse and cookies using A...

Preventing Unintended Purchases: Guiding Children's Interaction with Smart Speakers

Explore the potential risks of voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa when children make unsupervised requests, highlighting an instance where...

Alexa Mistakenly Fulfilling Orders: A Case of AI Incident

Recent events have shown a concerning incident involving Amazon's Alexa smart speaker. A child, unaware of its capabilities, requested a dol...

Unintended Purchase: Girl Requests Doll House and Cookies via Amazon Alexa, Parents Unaware Until Delivery

An unexpected delivery sparked a conversation about AI-driven purchases when a young girl asked Amazon's Alexa to order a $160 doll house an...

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.