Google self-driving car crashes into a bus (update: statement)
In a recent incident, Google's autonomous vehicle was involved in a collision with a bus. The technology giant has issued an updated stateme...
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In a recent incident, Google's self-driving car was involved in a broadside collision. The accident occurred when another vehicle, which dis...
Read moreMan Arrested After Facebook Translates Turns Greeting Into Threat
An incident occurred where a user's harmless greeting was translated into a threatening message by Facebook's AI system, leading to the user...
Read moreFacebook apologizes after wrong translation sees Palestinian man arrested for posting ‘good morning’
In an instance highlighting the need for responsible AI governance, a Palestinian man was arrested due to Facebook's faulty automatic transl...
Read morePalestinian Man Arrested After Facebook Auto-Translates 'Good Morning' As 'Attack Them'
An unfortunate incident occurred when a Palestinian man was arrested based on an automatic Facebook translation mistake. The man, using the...
Read moreMan Arrested After Facebook Translation Error
In a striking example of the potential pitfalls in AI governance, an innocent man was arrested due to a Facebook translation error. The inci...
Read moreFacebook's auto translation AI fail leads to a nightmare for a Palestinian man
A recent incident involving Facebook's auto translation service underscores the importance of safe and secure AI. A Palestinian man, who spo...
Read morePalestinian arrested by Israeli police after Facebook mistranslated his 'good morning' post
An incident occurred where a Palestinian was arrested by Israeli police due to miscommunication caused by Facebook's automatic translation f...
Read moreIsraeli police arrest Palestinian over Facebook post
In an incident highlighting the need for responsible AI, an Israeli police officer used an AI-powered social media monitoring tool to identi...
Read moreFacebook auto-translation AI error results in Palestinian man's arrest
Recent events have highlighted a potential pitfall in AI governance: the misuse of AI technology. A Palestinian man was arrested following a...
Read moreFaulty Facebook translation leads to Palestinian man’s arrest
A Facebook translation error led to the arrest of a Palestinian man, highlighting the potential harm that inaccurate or biased AI translatio...
Read moreThis Man Was Arrested For Posting 'Good Morning' On Facebook
A man was arrested for posting 'Good Morning' on Facebook, highlighting the need for responsible AI governance to prevent such misuses of te...
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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.