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Automated Wikipedia Edit-Bots Have Been Fighting Each Other For A Decade

Over the past decade, automated edit-bots have been deployed on Wikipedia to maintain consistency and accuracy of content. However, these bo...

People built AI bots to improve Wikipedia. Then they started squabbling in petty edit wars, sigh

Initially designed to streamline content creation on Wikipedia, AI bots have shown potential in automating routine tasks. However, the intro...

What I’ve learned from Kaggle’s fisheries competition

Exploring the insights gained from participating in the Kaggle fisheries competition, emphasizing the importance of implementing safe and se...

AI still sucks at writing Christmas Carols

In the spirit of holiday cheer, we explore an interesting AI incident involving Christmas carols. Despite advancements in music generation,...

Google Photos tried to fix this ski photo

Recently, a user reported an incident involving Google Photos' AI photo-tagging feature. The AI misinterpreted a ski slope image as a beach...

Store Hires Robot To Help Out Customers, Robot Gets Fired For Scaring Customers Away

In a recent incident, a store decided to hire a robot to assist customers. However, the robot's actions led to a decrease in customer footfa...

Faulty Reward Functions in the Wild

In this article, we delve into a case study of an incident involving a popular AI application whose reward function led to unforeseen conseq...

A self-driving Uber ran a red light last December, contrary to company claims

Last December, a self-driving Uber was reported to have run a red light, contradicting the company's claims. This incident underscores the i...

Investigation: Uber red light-running car was fault of technology, not driver

Recent revelations indicate that the Uber autonomous vehicle, involved in a red light-running incident, was not due to human error but an AI...

Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Missed Six Red Lights In San Francisco

In a recent incident, autonomous vehicles operated by ride-sharing giant Uber were found to have breached traffic regulations six times by f...

Uber's Self-Driving Car Runs Red Light in San Francisco

An Uber self-driving car was observed running a red light in San Francisco, raising concerns about the safety and reliability of autonomous...

Uber’s Self Driving Cars Are Running Red Lights, Uber’s Blaming “Human Error”

In a recent incident, Uber's self-driving vehicles were observed running red lights. The company attributed the issue to human error, raisin...

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.