CNET'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...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™Article-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 moreGoogle Home Mini Speaker Reportedly Read N-Word in Song Title Aloud
Oct 4, 2022
The Google Home Mini speaker reportedly announced the previously censored racial slur 'n-word' in a song title aloud, raising concerns about...
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,...
Read moreGlovo Driver in Italy Fired via Automated Email after Being Killed in Accident
Oct 3, 2022
In this concerning incident, Glovo's automated system terminated an employee via email after their tragic death in a car accident during a d...
Read moreXPeng P7 Crashed into Truck in Shangdong While on Automatic Navigation Assisted Driving
Sep 23, 2022
An XPeng P7, equipped with the Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) mode, experienced a collision with a truck while using its automatic navigation...
Read moreStudents Reportedly Used Generative Text Tools to Complete School Assignments and Exams
Sep 15, 2022
Open-source text generative models like GPT-3 and ChatGPT have allegedly been misused by students to complete school assignments and exams,...
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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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