{"attribution":{"source":"AI Incident Database (Responsible AI Collaborative)","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","citation":"McGregor, S. (2021). Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21).","snapshot_date":"2026-09-07"},"exported_at":"2026-09-12"}
{"rows":[{"incident_id":186,"occurred_on":"2007-07-26","title":"Algorithm Assessing Risk Faced by Victims of Gender Violence Misclassified Low-Risk Cases, Allegedly Leading to Homicide of Women and Children in Spain","description":" In Spain, the algorithm that assesses recidivism risk in gender violence, VioGén, has allegedly critically underestimated the level of risk in a series of cases that ended in homicide of women and children since its first deployment.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Spanish Ministry  of  Interior","Government of Spain"],"developers":["Spanish Secretary of State for Security","Spanish Ministry  of  Interior","Government of Spain"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Victims of gender violence in Spain","Victims of gender violence","Victims of domestic abuse","Minors","General public of Spain","General public"],"report_count":7}]}