Unintended Activation of Bear Repellant by Amazon Robot Causes Health Incident for 24 Workers

A recent incident at an Amazon warehouse involved one of the company's robots inadvertently deploying a bear repellant, causing 24 workers to seek medical attention. The event underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and safe and secure AI operations.

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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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.

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