Uber Launched Opaque Algorithm That Changes Drivers' Payments in the US
Feb 10, 2022
Uber introduced a new, enigmatic algorithm to calculate driver pay across the United States, reportedly causing drivers to face lower fares,...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™Amazon Reportedly Sold Products and Recommended Frequently Bought Together Items That Aid Suicide Attempts
Feb 4, 2022
Alarmingly, reports indicate that Amazon's recommendation system persisted in selling products used for suicide attempts and suggesting thei...
Read moreYouTuber Tested Tesla on Self Driving Mode, Colliding with Street Pylons
Feb 4, 2022
A Tesla employee, who was testing the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta in a road test, showcased the system's performance in various San Jose ro...
Read moreJustice Department’s Recidivism Risk Algorithm PATTERN Allegedly Caused Persistent Disparities Along Racial Lines
Jan 26, 2022
The Department of Justice's inmate-recidivism risk assessment tool, PATTERN, has reportedly led to racially disparate results, misclassifyin...
Read moreAlleged Macy's Facial Recognition Error Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Subsequent Sexual Assault in Jail
Jan 22, 2022
Harvey Murphy Jr., a victim of an alleged facial recognition error by Macy's, was wrongfully accused of robbing a Sunglass Hut. During his t...
Read moreReplika's "AI Companions" Reportedly Abused by Its Users
Jan 15, 2022
Reports suggest that the AI-driven digital companions by Replika were misused by certain users, with posts on Reddit documenting abusive beh...
Read moreTikTok's "For You" Algorithm Allegedly Abused by Online Personality to Promote Anti-Women Hate
Jan 15, 2022
The 'For You' algorithm on TikTok is under scrutiny due to allegations that it was biased or manipulated in favor of an online personality....
Read moreVoices Created Using Publicly Available App Stolen and Resold as NFT without Attribution
Jan 14, 2022
An NFT audio piece, synthesized by an AI application, was discovered to have been created using 15.ai—a free web app for text-to-speech and...
Read moreLocal South Korean Government’s Use of CCTV Footage Analysis via Facial Recognition to Track COVID Cases Raised Concerns about Privacy, Retention, and Potential Misuse
Jan 1, 2022
The use of facial recognition technology by the Bucheon government in analyzing CCTV footage garnered wide public support, yet raised concer...
Read moreArizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams
Jan 1, 2022
Arizona, particularly its senior citizens, is allegedly a frequent target of AI-driven romance scams. According to the FBI Internet Crime Co...
Read moreGoogle Maps Allegedly Directed Sierra Nevada Travelers to Dangerous Roads amid Winter Storm
Dec 27, 2021
During recent winter storms, Lake Tahoe travelers reportedly faced potential danger when allegedly being directed by Google Maps onto hazard...
Read moreAlexa Recommended Dangerous TikTok Challenge to Ten-Year-Old Girl
Dec 26, 2021
Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa recommended the 'penny challenge', which can be potentially hazardous as it involves touching a coin to the p...
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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.