Unintended Incident: AI Designed for Office Surveillance Falls into a Fountain

An artificial intelligence system intended for patrolling an office building unexpectedly fell into a fountain, demonstrating the need for robust safety measures in AI governance. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI deployment and the role of safe and secure AI systems in our daily lives.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.508, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.2 — similarity 0.491, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.485, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/68

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.

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