Snapchat's My AI Reported for Lacking Protection for Children
Mar 11, 2023
Snapchat's ChatGPT-powered My AI was reported for lacking safeguards for children, such as telling a user who tested the chatbot by pretendi...
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Data source & citationFemale Celebrities' Faces Shown in Sexually Suggestive Ads for Deepfake App
Mar 5, 2023
Sexually suggestive videos featuring faces of female celebrities such as Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson were rolled out as ads on social...
Read moreDoNotPay Allegedly Misrepresented Its AI "Robot Lawyer" Product
Mar 3, 2023
DoNotPay was alleged in a class action lawsuit misleading customers and misrepresenting its product as an AI-powered "robot lawyer," citing...
Read moreSouth African Legal Team Reportedly Relied on Unverified ChatGPT Case Law in Johannesburg Body Corporate Defamation Matter
Mar 1, 2023
In a defamation case at the Johannesburg Regional Court, Rodrigues Blignaut Attorneys, representing plaintiff Michelle Parker, reportedly re...
Read moreUnitedHealth Accused of Deploying Allegedly Flawed AI to Deny Medical Coverage
Feb 28, 2023
UnitedHealthcare allegedly used a faulty AI algorithm with a 90% error rate to override doctors' recommendations and deny health coverage. T...
Read moreTikTok User Videos Impersonated Andrew Tate Using AI Voice, Prompting Ban
Feb 28, 2023
A TikTok user was reportedly impersonating Andrew Tate, who was banned on the platform, by posting videos featuring an allegedly AI-generate...
Read moreMeta and OpenAI Accused of Using LibGen’s Pirated Books to Train AI Models
Feb 28, 2023
Court records reveal that Meta employees allegedly discussed pirating books to train LLaMA 3, citing cost and speed concerns with licensing....
Read moreDeepfake Video Targets Paul Vallas on Eve of Chicago Mayoral Election
Feb 27, 2023
On the eve of Chicago's mayoral election, a deepfake video impersonating candidate Paul Vallas was posted to Twitter, showing a fake audio o...
Read morePurported Deepfake Video Falsely Depicts Biden Announcing National Draft for Ukraine
Feb 27, 2023
A purportedly AI-generated deepfake video falsely depicting President Biden announcing a national draft to support Ukraine was reportedly sh...
Read moreUK Bank's Voice ID Successfully Bypassed Using AI-Produced Audio
Feb 22, 2023
A UK journalist was able to successfully bypass Lloyds Bank's "Voice ID" program to access his bank account using an AI-generated audio of h...
Read moreA Purported Deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren Circulates Allegedly Saying Republicans Should Not Vote
Feb 20, 2023
In February 2023, a purported deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren circulated on social media in which allegedly doctored footage of her fro...
Read moreClarkesworld Magazine Closed Down Submissions Due to Massive Increase in AI-Generated Stories
Feb 20, 2023
Sci-fi magazine Clarkesworld temporarily stopped accepting submissions after receiving an overwhelming increase in LLM-generated submissions...
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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.
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