'Alexa, manage responsibly': when Amazon Echo strays from its purpose

In an unexpected turn of events, an Amazon Echo device allegedly went rogue, causing confusion among users. This AI incident underscores the need for robust AI governance and safety measures to ensure that our smart devices operate as intended.

Matched TAIM controls

Suggested mapping from embedding similarity (not a formal assessment). Browse all TAIM controls

MANAGE 2.4 — similarity 0.510, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.2 — similarity 0.508, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.507, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/55

Data source

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.