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Amazon Seller's Flawed Automated Phone Case Production

In an unexpected turn of events, an Amazon seller automating phone case production has been consistently producing subpar products. The issu...

Amazon bot creates exceptional phone cases

An Amazon artificial intelligence bot has been generating designs for unique and high-quality phone cases, outperforming traditional design...

An Unforeseen Mishap: Amazon Seller Employs AI for Phone Case Production

In an unexpected turn of events, an Amazon seller utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to design phone cases, only to find that things took...

Misguided AI Design in Amazon Mobile Accessories

Recently, an AI-powered smartphone case designed by Amazon was found to display inappropriate content unexpectedly. The case, which uses a m...

Assessing the Transparency and Fairness of Centrelink's Debt Recovery System

A recent investigation by the Australian Government Ombudsman revealed that Centrelink's debt recovery system lacked transparency, leading t...

Centrelink Debt Scandal: Exposing Vulnerabilities in Welfare System's Trustworthy AI Model

A recent report has highlighted multiple shortcomings in the welfare system, underscoring the importance of responsible AI governance and ha...

Worsening Centrelink Debt Letter Scandal Highlights Need for Responsible AI Governance

A recent report by the Australian National Audit Office has revealed that a flawed AI system used by Centrelink, the government's social ser...

Centrelink Debt Letters Under Scrutiny: Union Claims Inaccuracies May Cause Wave of Complaints

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has raised concerns over the accuracy of Centrelink debt letters, potentially leading to a surg...

Centrelink 'Robo-Debt' Program: Unclear, Unreasonable, and Unfair - Ombudsman Raises Concerns

The Australian Government's Centrelink 'Robo-Debt' program has faced criticism over its unclear processes, lack of reasonable justification,...

Centrelink Robo-Debt: Government Disregards Inquiry Findings

Recently, an inquiry into the controversial Centrelink robo-debt scheme concluded that the algorithm used was both unfair and inaccurate. Ho...

Centrelink's 'Robo-Debt' System Falsely Accused Thousands of Australians

A review revealed that over 20,000 Centrelink recipients received automated debt notices based on inaccurate data. The investigation found t...

'This is a joke': A Year of Resistance Against Centrelink's Robo-Debt

Exploring the ongoing fight against Centrelink's automated debt recovery system, Robo-Debt, and its impact on Australian citizens. Understan...

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.