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AI Incidents

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6-year-old accidentally orders high-end treats with 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...

TV anchor says live on-air 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse' - guess what happens next

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

Amazon Echo orders doll houses after 'hearing' TV presenter talking

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...

Amazon Echo device ordered dollhouses being discussed on TV

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

Amazon Echo Dot ad cleared over cat food order

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

Newsreader says, ‘Alexa, buy a doll’s house’ on air - and Amazon Echos buy them

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...

Amazon Echos accidentally order dollhouses after hearing US news programme

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

6-year-old orders doll house, cookies using Amazon’s Alexa app

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...

How parents can avoid this nightmare scenario: 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse'

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

Child orders dollhouse, cookies using Alexa

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

Girl asks Amazon's Alexa to order $160 doll house, cookies; parents surprised by 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...

Amazon’s Alexa started ordering people dollhouses after hearing its name on TV

Recently, Amazon's voice assistant Alexa inadvertently started placing orders for dollhouses after hearing its name on TV, causing confusion...

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.