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...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™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...
Read moreFaulty 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...
Read moreA 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...
Read moreInvestigation: 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...
Read moreUber’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...
Read moreUber'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...
Read moreUber’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...
Read moreWitness says self-driving Uber ran red light on its own, disputing Uber's claims
A recent incident has sparked debate over the autonomy of self-driving cars when a witness claimed that an Uber vehicle ran a red light on i...
Read moreReport contradicts Uber's explanation of robocar red light slip
A recent report has cast doubt on Uber's explanation for a robocar incident in which one of its vehicles ran a red light. The incident, whic...
Read moreUber's Autonomous Vehicles Responsible For Red Light Violations, Not "Human Error"
An investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed that Uber's autonomous vehicles have been commit...
Read moreUber Denounces Traffic Light Laws After Self-Driving Car Runs Red Light
In an unprecedented incident, a self-driving Uber vehicle was reported to have run a red light. This raises questions about AI governance an...
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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.