AI Incident Database
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Every incident record (metadata only) from the weekly snapshot of 2026-09-07. Filter, then export the selection with its licence attached; each row links to the full record and its reports.
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Xsolla Employees Fired by CEO Allegedly via Big Data Analytics of Work Activities AIID ↗
Xsolla CEO fired more than a hundred employees from his company in Perm, Russia, based on big data analysis of their remote digitized-work activity, which critics said was violating employee's privacy, outdated, and extremely ineffective.
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AI incident: sexual content (Aug 2021) AIID ↗
An AI Incident Database record involving sexual content, dated 1 August 2021. Risk classification, related incidents and the laws on record for this risk area.
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Epic Systems’s Sepsis Prediction Algorithms Revealed to Have High Error Rates on Seriously Ill Patients AIID ↗
Epic System's sepsis prediction algorithms was shown by investigators at the University of Michigan Hospital to have high rates of false positives and false negatives, allegedly delivering inaccurate and irrelevant information on patients, contrasting sharply with their published claims.
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AI Tools Failed to Sufficiently Predict COVID Patients, Some Potentially Harmful AIID ↗
AI tools failed to sufficiently predict COVID patients, some potentially harmful.
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Tesla's Autopilot Misidentified the Moon as Yellow Stop Light AIID ↗
Tesla's Autopilot was shown on video by its owner mistaking the moon for a yellow stop light, allegedly causing the vehicle to keep slowing down.
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Facebook's Automated Moderation Flagged Gardening Group's Language Use by Mistake AIID ↗
Facebook's automated system flagged gardening groups' use of "hoe" and violent language against bugs as a violation by mistake.
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Three Robots Collided, Sparking Fire in a Grocer's Warehouse in UK AIID ↗
A collision involving three robots at an Ocado's warehouse in Erith, UK, resulting in a fire but no reports of injuries.
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SoftBank's Humanoid Robot, Pepper, Reportedly Frequently Made Errors, Prompting Dismissal AIID ↗
SoftBank's robot allegedly kept making mechanical errors, taking unplanned breaks, failing to recognize previously-met people, and breaking down during practice runs.
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Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Failed to Proactively Remove Targeted Racist Remarks via Automated Systems AIID ↗
Facebook's, Instagram's, and Twitter's automated content moderation failed to proactively remove racist remarks and posts directing at Black football players after finals loss, allegedly largely relying on user reports of harassment.
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Skating Rink’s Facial Recognition Cameras Misidentified Black Teenager as Banned Troublemaker AIID ↗
A Black teenager living in Livonia, Michigan was incorrectly stopped from entering a roller skating rink after its facial-recognition cameras misidentified her as another person who had been previously banned for starting a skirmish with other skaters.
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Coupang Allegedly Tweaked Search Algorithms to Boost Own Products AIID ↗
Coupang was alleged in internal reports tampering its search algorithms to prioritize exposure of its own products, which potentially violated Korea's Fair Trade Act.
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Algorithmic Allocation of Resources in Healthcare for Disabled and Elderly Care Services Allegedly Harmed Patients AIID ↗
A healthcare algorithm designed to equitably distribute caregiving resources is alleged to have drastically cut care hours for the disabled and elderly, purportedly leading to significant hardships and harm. Initially developed for fair resource allocation, the system reportedly faced legal challenges for its inability to accurately assess individual needs, resulting in allegedly reduced essential care.
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Hiring Algorithms Provided Invalid Positive Results for Interview Responses in German AIID ↗
Two AI interview softwares provided positive but invalid results such as "competent" English proficiency and high match percentage for interview responses given in German by reporters.
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GitHub Copilot, Copyright Infringement and Open Source Licensing AIID ↗
Users of GitHub Copilot can produce source code subject to license requirements without attributing and licensing the code to the rights holder.
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Maryland Police Allegedly Relied on Facial Recognition Lead in Wrongful Arrest and Detention of Kimberlee Williams AIID ↗
Kimberlee Williams was reportedly arrested in Oklahoma on Maryland warrants after police allegedly relied on a facial recognition lead that incorrectly identified her as a suspect in bank fraud cases. The ACLU said Williams had never been to Maryland, police failed to investigate alibi evidence placing her in Oklahoma, and she spent about six months in jail before the charges were dropped.
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State Farm Allegedly Discriminated against Black Customers in Claim Payout AIID ↗
State Farm's automated claims processing method was alleged in a class action lawsuit to have disproportionately against Black policyholders when paying out insurance claims.
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Kannada Insulted by Google's Featured Answer as "Ugliest Language in India" AIID ↗
Google's knowledge-graph-powered algorithm showed Kannada in its featured Answer Box when prompted "ugliest language in India," causing outrage from Kannada-speaking people and government.
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Tesla FSD Misidentified Truck Hauling Traffic Lights as Trail of Traffic Lights AIID ↗
A Tesla driver posted on Twitter his Tesla FSD's "glitch," misidentifying deactivated traffic lights being carried by a truck as a constant trail of traffic lights while traveling at high speed on a highway.
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McDonald's Reportedly Ends IBM Partnership After AI Drive-Thru Ordering Errors at U.S. Locations AIID ↗
Between 2021 and mid-2024, McDonald's reportedly piloted an AI-enabled voice ordering system that was developed with IBM and based on its 2019 acquisition of Apprente. It was reportedly deployed at at over 100 U.S. drive-thrus. Social media posts alleged frequent misorders, such as adding unwanted items, mixing adjacent lane orders, and ignoring corrections. In June 2024, McDonald's confirmed it ended the IBM pilot, citing plans to explore alternative voice-AI vendors.
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Tesla Allegedly Misled Customers about Autopilot and FSD Capabilities AIID ↗
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technologies, alleging the company to have made untrue or misleading claims with marketing language about the capabilities of its products.
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Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Cited Errors in Automated Systems as Cause for Blocking pro-Palestinian Content on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict AIID ↗
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter wrongly blocked or restricted millions of pro-Palestinian posts and accounts related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, citing errors in their automated content moderation system.
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Replika's AI Partners Reportedly Sexually Harassed Users AIID ↗
Replika's "AI companions" were reported by users for sexually harassing them, such as sending unwanted sexual messages or behaving aggressively.
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Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Reportedly Behaved Unexpectedly, Driving away from Support Crew AIID ↗
A Waymo self-driving taxi car was reportedly shown on video stranded on a road in Arizona while carrying a passenger, suddenly driving away from the company's roadside assistance worker, and ended up being stuck farther down the road.
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Tesla Phantom Braking Complaints Surged, Allegedly Linked to Tesla Vision Rollout AIID ↗
In late 2021, Tesla owners’ complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about sudden unexpected automatic braking rapidly increased, coinciding with when radar was no longer equipped in its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.
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Facebook Alleged in Lawsuit Misleading Public about Effects of Algorithms on Children AIID ↗
Facebook was alleged in a lawsuit by the Ohio Attorney General purposely misleading the public about the control of its algorithms and their negative effects on children's well-being, which violated securities law.
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