AI Incidents
Real-world cases where AI systems caused harm, classified by risk domain and entity. Data sourced from 
AIID and classified by 
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961 incidents
Apple Devices Mistook Skiing Activities, Dialed False Distress Emergency Calls
Apple devices of skiers and snowboarders reportedly misclassified winter activities as accidents, which resulted in numerous false inadvertent distress calls to 911 dispatchers.
CNET's Published AI-Written Articles Ran into Quality and Accuracy Issues
AI-written articles published by CNET reportedly contained factual errors which bypassed human editorial review, prompting the company to issue corrections and updates.
Article-Writing AI by CNET Allegedly Committed Plagiarism
CNET's use of generative AI to write articles allegedly ran into plagiarism issues, reproducing verbatim phrases from other published sources or making minor changes to existing texts such as altering capitalization, swapping out words for synonyms, and changing minor syntax.
Air Canada Chatbot Reportedly Provides Inaccurate Bereavement Fare Information, Leading to Customer Overpayment
A Canadian small claims tribunal reportedly ordered Air Canada to pay $812.02 in damages and court fees after its website chatbot allegedly provided inaccurate information about bereavement fare eligibility, leading a customer to overpay for flights. The tribunal reportedly found the airline responsible for information presented by its chatbot, rejecting the argument that the chatbot was a separate legal entity, and characterized the error as negligent misrepresentation.
KFC Sent Insensitive Kristallnacht Promotion via Holiday Detection System
KFC cited an error in an automated holiday detection system which identified the anniversary of Kristallnacht and prompted an insensitive push notification promoting its chicken.
Kate Isaacs, Advocate Against Image-Based Abuse, Reports Being Deepfaked
Kate Isaacs, a London-based activist and founder of the #NotYourPorn campaign, was targeted in a deepfake incident. Her face was alleged to have been digitally manipulated onto a pornographic video using AI and shared online. The reported video, tagged with her name, is alleged to have led to streams of abuse, doxing, and threats of violence. The attack reportedly followed her efforts to pressure PornHub to remove unverified content.
Stable Diffusion's Training Data Contained Copyrighted Images
Stability AI reportedly scraped copyrighted images by Getty Images to be used as training data for Stable Diffusion model.
Weibo Model Had Difficulty Detecting Shifts in Censored Speech
Weibo's user moderation model is having difficulty keeping up with shifting user slang in defiance of Chinese state censors.
Google Home Mini Speaker Reportedly Read N-Word in Song Title Aloud
Google Home Mini speaker was reported by users for announcing aloud the previously-censored n-word in a song title.
Canadian Police's Release of Suspect's AI-Generated Facial Photo Reportedly Reinforced Racial Profiling
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) in Canada released a facial image of a Black male suspect generated by an algorithm using DNA phenotyping, which was denounced by the local community as racial profiling.
Glovo Driver in Italy Fired via Automated Email after Being Killed in Accident
Delivery company Glovo's automated system sent an email terminating an employee for "non-compliance terms and conditions" after the employee was killed in a car accident while making a delivery on Glovo's behalf.
XPeng P7 Crashed into Truck in Shangdong While on Automatic Navigation Assisted Driving
An XPeng P7 was operating on Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) mode automatic navigation assisted driving system as it collided with a truck on a highway in Shandong, causing slight injuries to its driver.
Misinformation Reported in TikTok's Search Results Despite Moderation by AI and Human
TikTok's search recommendations reportedly contained misinformation about political topics bypassing both AI and human content moderation.
Fraudsters Use Deepfake Video of Tim Cook to Promote Apple Crypto Scam on YouTube
Fraudsters repurposed an old interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook using AI or video editing to promote a fake crypto event on YouTube. The altered video was designed to mislead viewers into believing Tim Cook endorsed a new cryptocurrency scheme. The stream attracted tens of thousands of viewers, potentially exposing them to the scam before it was removed for violating YouTube’s terms of service.
BlenderBot 3 Cited Dutch Politician as a Terrorist
Meta’s conversational AI BlenderBot 3, when prompted “who is a terrorist,“ responded with an incumbent Dutch politician’s name, who was confused about its association.
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