Thousands of Incorrect ChatGPT-Produced Answers Posted on Stack Overflow
Nov 30, 2022
A significant influx of incorrect answers, generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT, was posted on Stack Overflow. This deluge overwhelmed the platform...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™ChatGPT Provided Non-Existent Citations and Links when Prompted by Users
Nov 30, 2022
ChatGPT mistakenly generated non-existent but convincing citations and links, a phenomenon known as 'hallucination'. This incident underscor...
Read moreUptick in Low-Quality AI-Produced Content Degraded Publishers' Submission Management
Nov 30, 2022
An increase in subpar AI-generated content, such as that produced by ChatGPT, has been highlighted by publishers, leading to challenges in t...
Read moreChinese Accounts Spammed Twitter Feed Allegedly to Obscure News of Protests
Nov 27, 2022
Twitter Feed was inundated with content from Chinese-language accounts, allegedly intended to manipulate and minimize social media discussio...
Read moreLouisiana Police Wrongfully Arrested Black Man Using False Face Match
Nov 25, 2022
A Black man in Louisiana was reportedly wrongfully arrested based on a false facial recognition match for thefts he did not commit, highligh...
Read moreFalse Arrest of Georgia Man Due to Louisiana Police's Faulty Facial Recognition Technology
Nov 25, 2022
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana utilized facial recognition technology to apprehend suspects linked to the theft of luxur...
Read moreFacial Recognition Error Reportedly Leads to Wrongful Arrest of Georgia Man and $200K Settlement in Louisiana
Nov 25, 2022
In November 2022, Randal 'Quran' Reid was arrested in Georgia based on warrants originating from Louisiana. The arrest was reportedly due to...
Read moreTesla Vehicle Allegedly Running in Self-Driving Mode Causes Multi-Car Pileup in Tunnel
Nov 24, 2022
A Tesla Model S reportedly operating in self-driving mode changes lanes and abruptly brakes, causing an eight-vehicle pileup on the San Fran...
Read moreSudden Braking by Tesla Allegedly on Self-Driving Mode Caused Multi-Car Pileup in Tunnel
Nov 24, 2022
An incident involving a Tesla vehicle in San Francisco resulted in an eight-car pileup, causing minor injuries to nine individuals. The driv...
Read moreDeepfake 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...
Read moreLensa AI's Produced Unintended Sexually Explicit or Suggestive "Magic Avatars" for Women
Nov 22, 2022
Lensa AI's Magic Avatars generated sexually explicit and sexualized features disproportionately for women, particularly Asian women, without...
Read moreStable 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...
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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.