Chess-Playing Robot Broke Child's Finger in Russia

July 21, 2022

A chess-playing robot at a tournament in Russia malfunctioned, resulting in a child's finger injury after reaching onto the board before the bot had completed its move. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and the need for trustworthy, safe, and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping the future of AI by ensuring it operates within guardrails, join us at Project Cerebellum - an initiative dedicated to the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) for harm prevention.

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Alleged deployer: russian-chess-federation
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: child-named-christopher

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/241

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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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