Giorgia Meloni Reportedly Targeted by Deepfake Pornography
Jan 1, 2020
In 2020, fake deepfake pornographic videos of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were circulated on a U.S. website and viewed millions of...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citationCOVID-19 Detection and Prognostication Models Allegedly Flagged for Methodological Flaws and Underlying Biases
Jan 1, 2020
A review of COVID-19 detection and prognostication algorithms from 2020, including deployed models, found that none were suitable for clinic...
Read moreBots Allegedly Made up Roughly Half of Twitter Accounts in Discussions Surrounding COVID-19 Related Issues
Jan 1, 2020
Researchers discovered that bots, operated anonymously, accounted for approximately half of Twitter accounts engaging in discussions about C...
Read moreQuantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments
Jan 1, 2020
A transnational investment fraud network, Quantum AI, has been accused of using AI-generated deepfakes, fake news sites, phishing pages, and...
Read moreTesla on Autopilot Fatally Crashed into Parked Fire Truck in Indiana
Dec 29, 2019
An unfortunate incident occurred when a Tesla vehicle operating on Autopilot mode collided with a stationary fire truck parked along an inte...
Read moreTesla Driver on Autopilot Ran a Red Light, Crashing into a Car and Killing Two People in Los Angeles
Dec 29, 2019
In 2019, a Tesla Model S driver using Autopilot reportedly ran a red light, leading to a collision with a Honda Civic and resulting in the t...
Read moreTesla Model 3 Crashed into Police Patrol Car on Connecticut Highway
Dec 7, 2019
A Tesla Model 3, operating under Autopilot, collided with a parked police patrol car in Norwalk, CT. The vehicle was assisting a stranded mo...
Read moreUganda Deployed Huawei's Facial Recognition to Monitor Political Opposition and Protests
Nov 29, 2019
The deployment of Huawei's facial recognition AI systems by the Ugandan government for monitoring political opposition and protests has rais...
Read moreCross-Jurisdictional Facial Recognition Misidentification by NYPD Leads to Wrongful Arrest and Four-Year Jail Time in New Jersey
Nov 29, 2019
In 2019, Francisco Arteaga was misidentified by facial recognition technology used by the NYPD, leading to a wrongful arrest and four-year p...
Read moreFacebook Feed Algorithms Exposed Low Digitally Skilled Users to More Disturbing Content
Nov 15, 2019
Internal research revealed Facebook's feed algorithms disproportionately exposed individuals with low digital literacy to disturbing content...
Read moreGAN Faces Deployed by The BL's Fake Account Network to Push Pro-Trump Content on Meta Platforms
Nov 12, 2019
An extensive network of Facebook and Instagram pages, groups, and fake accounts, allegedly linked to The BL, a US media outlet, used Generat...
Read moreApple Card's Credit Assessment Algorithm Allegedly Discriminated against Women
Nov 11, 2019
Goldman-Sachs customers reported gender bias in the credit assessment algorithm of Apple Card, with men receiving higher credit limits than...
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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.