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Amazon Algorithmic Pricing Allegedly Hiked up Price of Reference Book to Millions

Apr 8, 2023

Amazon's algorithmic pricing came under scrutiny for an alleged manipulation of the high price of a reference book about flies, reaching mil...

FBI Reported Surge of Extortion Cases of AI Media Featuring Sexual Explicit Activities

Apr 1, 2023

The FBI has observed a surge in sextortion cases involving the manipulative use of AI-generated media, particularly explicit activities. The...

South Korean man used AI to create sexual images of children

Apr 1, 2023

A South Korean man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in April 2023 for creating 360 sexually explicit images of children using...

ChatGPT Banned by Italian Authority Due to OpenAI's Lack of Legal Basis for Data Collection and Age Verification

Mar 31, 2023

The Italian Data Protection Authority has banned ChatGPT, citing a lack of a justifiable legal basis for personal data collection and proces...

ChatGPT Allegedly Produced False Accusation of Sexual Harassment

Mar 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) incident involving ChatGPT allegedly producing a false story of sexual harassment against Professor Jonathan Tu...

Man Reportedly Committed Suicide Following Conversation with Chai Chatbot

Mar 27, 2023

A distressing incident involving a Belgian man has raised concerns about the potential harm that AI can cause. The individual reportedly too...

Viral Image of Pope Francis in a Puffer Jacket Revealed to Be AI-Generated

Mar 24, 2023

The viral image of Pope Francis donning a white puffer jacket was revealed to be an AI-generated deepfake produced by the photorealistic-ima...

Scammers Deepfaked Videos of Victims' Loved Ones Asking for Funds over Facebook in Vietnam

Mar 23, 2023

Scammers are using deepfaked audios and videos of victims' loved ones to ask for money on Facebook, exploiting trust and causing financial h...

Parody AI Images of Donald Trump Being Arrested Reposted as Misinformation

Mar 21, 2023

AI-generated photorealistic images portraying former President Donald Trump being arrested, initially posted on Twitter for humor, were mist...

ChatGPT Reportedly Exposed Users' Private Data Reportedly Due to Bug

Mar 20, 2023

ChatGPT experienced an unintentional data exposure incident, reportedly exposing users' chat history titles and private payment information...

ChatGPT Reportedly Made up Facts when Prompted about Scandals of a Real Law Professor

Mar 17, 2023

ChatGPT erroneously provided misleading information about alleged scandals involving a real law professor, citing non-existent accusations,...

Tesla Allegedly on Autopilot Struck High School Student Exiting School Bus

Mar 17, 2023

A tragic incident occurred in Hollister, North Carolina when a 17-year-old student was hit by a Tesla Model Y allegedly operating in Autopil...

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.