Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Previously Used to Convict Chicago Man in Murder Case
May 31, 2020
A troubling instance of insufficient and potentially unreliable AI evidence was brought to light in a Chicago murder case. The defendant, an...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citationYouTube Auto-Moderation Mistakenly Banned Women of Sex Tech Conference
May 2, 2020
YouTube's automated content moderation tool inappropriately removed the live-streamed event of the Women of Sex Tech conference and banned t...
Read moreIndian Political App Tek Fog Allegedly Hijacked Trends and Manipulated Public Opinion on Other Social Media Platforms
Apr 28, 2020
Tek Fog, an Indian political social media app, has been under scrutiny due to allegations that it allowed operatives affiliated with the rul...
Read moreWalmart's Bagging-Detection False Positives Exposed Workers to Health Risk
Apr 15, 2020
The theft-deterring bagging-detection system at Walmart reportedly exposed workers to health risks during the coronavirus pandemic, as false...
Read moreClimate Action Group Posted Deepfake of Belgian Prime Minister Urging Climate Crisis Action
Apr 14, 2020
A deepfake video purporting to show Belgium's prime minister urging climate crisis action was disseminated by a climate action group, unders...
Read moreFacebook Content Moderators Demand Better Working Conditions Due to Allegedly Inadequate AI Content Moderation
Apr 1, 2020
Content moderators at Facebook call for better working conditions due to the inefficacy of the automated content moderation system. The syst...
Read moreAutonomous Kargu-2 Drone Allegedly Remotely Used to Hunt down Libyan Soldiers
Mar 27, 2020
A Turkish-made Kargu-2 aerial drone, equipped with computer vision technology, is reported to have been used remotely by forces allied with...
Read morePersonal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows
Mar 23, 2020
A recent study exposed a concerning bias in voice recognition systems from major tech companies, including Apple, Amazon, Google, IBM, and M...
Read moreBug in Facebook’s Anti-Spam Filter Allegedly Blocked Legitimate Posts about COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020
Facebook users reported incidents of legitimate news about the coronavirus pandemic being blocked, allegedly due to a bug in an anti-spam sy...
Read more“Video Unavailable”
Mar 16, 2020
Incident involving unavailability of a video system highlights the need for effective governance to ensure trustworthy and safe AI practices...
Read morePermanent Removal of Social Media Content via Automated Tools Allegedly Prevented Investigative Efforts
Mar 16, 2020
The automated, permanent removal of social media content that violates policies, such as terrorism, violent extremism, and hate speech, may...
Read moreUniversities' AI Proctoring Tools Allegedly Failed Canada's Legal Threshold for Consent
Mar 9, 2020
AI proctoring tools for online exams at Canadian universities have sparked debate over compliance with individual consent regulations during...
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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.