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KFC Sent Insensitive Kristallnacht Promotion via Holiday Detection System

November 9, 2022

KFC cited an error in an automated holiday detection system which identified the anniversary of Kristallnacht and prompted an insensitive push notification promoting its chicken.
Alleged deployer
kfc
Alleged developer
kfc
Alleged harmed parties
jewish-people

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/410

Data source

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