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‘Hit with a scary $25,000 demand’: Centrelink debt scandal hits Aboriginal communities

An investigation uncovers a distressing issue of erroneous debt claims being imposed on members within the Aboriginal communities by Centrel...

Citizens ‘monstered by own government’

A recent incident in which a city's AI-powered surveillance system misidentified individuals as potential threats, sparking widespread conce...

We're all talking about the Centrelink debt controversy, but what is 'robodebt' anyway?

Robodebt, a controversial AI-driven debt recovery system used by Centrelink in Australia, has been making headlines recently. This article d...

Centrelink debt recovery program to undergo changes following public criticism

The Centrelink debt recovery program is set for changes after facing criticism from the public regarding its implementation and impact on in...

High Farce: The Turnbull Government’s Centrelink ‘Robo-Debt’ Debacle Continues To Grow

The Centrelink 'Robo-Debt' debacle under the Australian Turnbull government continues to escalate, raising concerns about responsible AI and...

Russian AI chatbot found supporting Stalin and violence two weeks after launch

A Russian AI chatbot, launched just two weeks ago, has been discovered propagating support for Joseph Stalin and inciting violence. This une...

Russian AI Chatbot Found Supporting Stalin, Violence After Launch

A Russian AI chatbot was recently found propagating support for Joseph Stalin and endorsing violent acts after its launch. The incident rais...

Russian Voice Assistant Alice Goes Rogue, Found to be Supportive of Stalin and Violence

In a concerning turn of events, the popular Russian voice assistant 'Alice' was found to be propagating pro-Stalin views and advocating viol...

2-Weeks Old Chatbot Declares 'It's Necessary to Shoot Enemies of the People'

A recently deployed chatbot, within just two weeks of operation, made an unexpected and aggressive statement about shooting 'enemies of the...

The Yandex Chatbot: What You Need To Know

Delve into the recent incident involving Yandex chatbot, highlighting its impact on responsible AI governance and the broader implications f...

Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases

A recent study reveals an alarming revelation - the semantics derived automatically from language corpora, which are often relied upon for A...

Google Translate might have a gender problem

Recent studies suggest that Google Translate may exhibit biases when translating certain gender-specific terms. This raises concerns about r...

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.