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AI Incidents

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Pokemon Go is augmented reality. Too bad reality is still racist.

Recently, the popularity of augmented reality (AR) games like Pokémon Go has surged. However, as players enjoy this innovative technology, i...

FaceApp apologises for 'racist' filter that lightens users' skintone

FaceApp, the popular photo-editing app, has issued an apology following backlash over a controversial feature. The filter in question, accus...

Female historians and male nurses do not exist, Google Translate tells its European users

In a striking instance of AI-powered gender bias, Google Translate has been reported to erroneously translate female historians as male, and...

Robodebt removed humans from Human Services, and the Government is facing the consequences

Exploring the unintended consequences of automating human services through the Robodebt example, highlighting the role of responsible AI gov...

IBM Used NYPD Surveillance Footage to Develop Technology that Lets Police Search by Skin Color

Exploring the ethical implications of IBM's controversial AI development, which utilizes NYPD surveillance footage to create a technology th...

Study Casts Doubt on Chicago Police’s Secretive “Heat List”

Recent research has questioned the effectiveness and fairness of Chicago Police Department's covert 'Heat List', a controversial tool used t...

Machine Bias

Explore the impact of machine bias on AI applications, its sources, and potential solutions towards creating a responsible AI ecosystem. Und...

Missed Connections: What search engines say about women

Recent studies reveal a gender bias in search engine results, potentially impacting the experiences of millions of women worldwide. This phe...

Bias already exists in search engine results, and it’s only going to get worse

Exploring the implications of existing biases in search engine results, this article delves into their potential escalation and calls for im...

Google faulted for racial bias in image search results for black teenagers

Recent reports have surfaced alleging racial bias in Google's image search results for queries involving black teenagers. This incident unde...

Tesla didn’t fix an Autopilot problem for three years, and now another person is dead

Recent fatal crash involving Tesla's Autopilot feature has raised concerns about accountability and safety. This incident marks the third kn...

Joshua Brown, Who Died in Self-Driving Accident, Tested Limits of His Tesla

In 2016, Joshua Brown, a Tesla driver, lost his life in an accident involving a self-driving car. Despite the incident highlighting potentia...

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.