Apple Devices Mistook Skiing Activities, Dialed False Distress Emergency Calls
November 15, 2022
Apple devices of skiers and snowboarders reportedly misclassified winter activities as accidents, which resulted in numerous false inadvertent distress calls to 911 dispatchers.
- Alleged deployer
- apple
- Alleged developer
- apple
- Alleged harmed parties
- apple-watch-users-doing-winter-activities, ski-patrols, emergency-dispatchers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/463
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