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AI Incidents

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Target didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father did

A 15-year-old girl in the UK was mistakenly labeled as 'female' by Target's AI system, despite being pregnant. The system failed to detect h...

Driver Fined After Traffic Camera Thinks Pedestrian’s Shirt Is a License Plate

An AI-powered traffic camera mistakenly identified a pedestrian's shirt as a license plate, leading to a fine for the driver in question. Th...

The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?

Exploring the instance where AI misdiagnosed a patient's rare condition, causing unnecessary suffering. Emphasizing the need for responsible...

Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped.

Exploring the challenges faced by hundreds of AI tools designed to aid in COVID-19 detection, and the lessons learned for building responsib...

That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

A new wave of deepfake technology is challenging the authenticity of online profiles, particularly on LinkedIn. This development underscores...

GM Cruise autonomous taxi pulled over by police in San Francisco without humans, 'bolts' off

In an unusual incident, a self-driving taxi from General Motors' Cruise autonomous fleet was pulled over by the police in San Francisco. The...

Here’s what happens when cops pull over a driverless Cruise vehicle

Explore the intricacies surrounding a recent incident involving a driverless Cruise vehicle being pulled over by law enforcement. The event...

Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP, organized by Ian Linkletter

Recent legal actions taken by the company Proctorio, known for their AI-powered online proctoring services, have raised concerns over respon...

EFF Client Erik Johnson and Proctorio Settle Lawsuit Over Bogus DMCA Claims

In a significant step towards responsible AI governance, Erik Johnson, an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) client, has settled his lawsu...

Incident #29

Exploring the lessons learned from incident #29, we delve into the challenges posed by unforeseen consequences in AI systems. This case stud...

Incident #103

Recent events surrounding the deployment of an autonomous driving application, Incident #103, have raised serious concerns about the safety...

Incident #104

Recent findings from Incident #104 reveal a concerning instance of unintended bias within an AI-powered recommendation system, which negativ...

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.