Meta AI Hallucinates Harassment Allegations Against New York Politicians
Apr 26, 2024
Meta's AI chatbot in Facebook Messenger made false harassment allegations against multiple New York state lawmakers, inventing incidents, in...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™Microsoft Copilot Allegedly Provides Unsafe Medical Advice with High Risk of Severe Harm
Apr 25, 2024
Microsoft Copilot, an AI tool, was found to provide accurate medical information only 54% of the time by European researchers (citation avai...
Read moreCatholic AI Chatbot 'Father Justin' Claimed to Be a Real Priest, Prompting Retraction
Apr 25, 2024
Catholic advocacy group Catholic Answers deployed an AI chatbot named 'Father Justin', falsely claiming to be a real clergy member and offer...
Read moreKenyan Journalist Jeff Koinange Depicted Endorsing Gambling App in Purported AI-Generated Deepfake
Apr 24, 2024
A viral video, suspected of being manipulated by AI deepfake technologies, depicts Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange apparently endorsing a mo...
Read moreAlleged Deepfake Audio Depicts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Ordering Military Action
Apr 24, 2024
A deepfake audio clip, allegedly featuring Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ordering military action against China was circulated...
Read moreThe WHO's S.A.R.A.H. Bot Reported to Provide Inconsistent and Inadequate Health Information
Apr 24, 2024
The World Health Organization's AI-powered health advisor, S.A.R.A.H., has been criticized for providing inconsistent and inadequate health...
Read moreChild Predators Are Reportedly Generating Deepfake Nudes of Children to Extort Them
Apr 23, 2024
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has uncovered a dark web manual promoting the use of AI-generated deepfakes to portray children inapprop...
Read moreUnauthorized Use of AI to Replicate Tupac Shakur's and Snoop Dogg's Voices in Drake's 'Taylor Made Freestyle'
Apr 19, 2024
Drake's song, 'Taylor Made Freestyle,' featured AI-generated voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. The unauthorized replication raised conc...
Read morePurported Error by Grok Reportedly Misrepresents Basketball Slang as Criminal Allegation Against NBA Player
Apr 16, 2024
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson was reportedly falsely implicated in a vandalism investigation due to an alleged error by X's Grok...
Read moreAmandine Le Pen Deepfake Account Misleads Thousands on TikTok
Apr 16, 2024
A deepfake account, 'Amandine Le Pen,' amassed over 30,000 followers on TikTok, impersonating a fictional niece of Marine Le Pen. The accoun...
Read moreFacebook AI Reportedly Mislabels Auschwitz Photos as 'Bullying' and 'Nudity'
Apr 15, 2024
Facebook's AI allegedly misclassified around 20 posts from the Auschwitz Memorial Museum as violating community standards for 'bullying' and...
Read moreBrake Failure in Reportedly AI-Driven Tram Leads to Multiple Injuries in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Apr 14, 2024
In a troubling incident in Saint Petersburg, Russia, a reportedly AI-enhanced tram experienced an unanticipated brake failure during a test...
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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.