Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims
Nov 22, 2022
Misleading deepfake video of ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried emerged on Twitter, attempting to swindle FTX collapse victims by directing them t...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citationStable Diffusion Allegedly Used Artists' Works without Permission for AI Training
Nov 20, 2022
Text-to-image model Stable Diffusion has allegedly employed artists' original works without authorization in its AI training process. This i...
Read moreMeta AI's Scientific Paper Generator Reportedly Produced Inaccurate and Harmful Content
Nov 15, 2022
Meta AI's scientific paper generator, allegedly producing inaccuracies and offensive content, underscores the importance of safe and secure...
Read moreApple Devices Mistook Skiing Activities, Dialed False Distress Emergency Calls
Nov 15, 2022
Apple devices incorrectly identified winter sports activities, such as skiing and snowboarding, as potential accidents. This error led to n...
Read moreCNET's Published AI-Written Articles Ran into Quality and Accuracy Issues
Nov 11, 2022
AI-authored articles published by CNET were reportedly fraught with factual errors, highlighting the need for trustworthy and safe AI practi...
Read moreArticle-Writing AI by CNET Allegedly Committed Plagiarism
Nov 11, 2022
CNET's application of generative AI to produce articles has raised plagiarism concerns, as the tool reportedly reproduced exact phrases from...
Read moreAir Canada Chatbot Reportedly Provides Inaccurate Bereavement Fare Information, Leading to Customer Overpayment
Nov 11, 2022
An Ontario small claims tribunal recently ordered Air Canada to pay $812.02 in damages and court fees, following a case where its chatbot al...
Read moreKFC Sent Insensitive Kristallnacht Promotion via Holiday Detection System
Nov 9, 2022
An error in KFC's automated holiday detection system led to the promotion of chicken on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, highlighting the n...
Read moreKate Isaacs, Advocate Against Image-Based Abuse, Reports Being Deepfaked
Oct 21, 2022
London-based activist Kate Isaacs, founder of the #NotYourPorn campaign, fell victim to a deepfake incident. Her face was reportedly manipul...
Read moreStable Diffusion's Training Data Contained Copyrighted Images
Oct 16, 2022
Stability AI's Stable Diffusion model reportedly utilized copyrighted images from Getty Images in its training data, highlighting the import...
Read moreWeibo Model Had Difficulty Detecting Shifts in Censored Speech
Oct 11, 2022
Weibo's AI-powered user moderation model is struggling to adapt to evolving user slang, a challenge in maintaining state censorship. As we s...
Read moreCanadian Police's Release of Suspect's AI-Generated Facial Photo Reportedly Reinforced Racial Profiling
Oct 4, 2022
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) in Canada released a facial image of a Black male suspect generated by an algorithm using DNA phenotyping,...
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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.