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ObjectId(62f9ee8077f5af9ce45a140a)

[1900,2413,2414]

["toronto-city-government"]

["toronto-public-health"]

["sunnyside-beachgoers","marie-curtis-beachgoers","toronto-citizens"]

Toronto’s use of AI predictive modeling (AIPM) which had replaced existing methodology as the only determiner of beach water quality raised concerns about its accuracy, after allegedly conflicting results were found by a local water advocacy group using traditional means.

False Negatives for Water Quality-Associated Beach Closures

allegedly conflicting results

methodology

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62fcb32d4a3f91af3d48436f)

[1918,1919,1920]

["twitter"]

["twitter"]

["twitter-left-leaning-politicians","twitter-left-leaning-news-organizations","twitter-left-leaning-users","twitter-users"]

Twitter’s “Home” timeline algorithm was revealed by its internal researchers to have amplified tweets and news of rightwing politicians and organizations more than leftwing ones in six out of seven studied countries.

Twitter Recommender System Amplified Right-Leaning Tweets

ones

twitter

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630c8eb443fe03f46cc8bc7f)

[1967]

["meta"]

["meta"]

["marietje-schaake"]

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.

BlenderBot 3 Cited Dutch Politician as a Terrorist

its association

name

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6321568425ffe34eb014af4a)

[2045,2135,2136,2137,2146,2148]

["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["unnamed-22-year-old-male-driver","tesla-drivers"]

A Tesla Model Y on Autopilot collided with a parked Michigan State Police (MSP) car which had its emergency lights on, in Eaton County, Michigan, although no one was injured.

Tesla on Autopilot Crashed Parked Michigan Police Car on Interstate

no one

car

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630367c881052814ccfd26f3)

[1941]

["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["unnamed-tesla-driver","tesla-drivers"]

A Tesla Model Y in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode drove into the wrong lane after making a left turn despite its driver allegedly attempting to overtake its driving, resulting in a non-fatal collision with another vehicle in the wrong lane in Brea, California.

Tesla on FSD Reportedly Drove into the Wrong Lane in California

the wrong lane

wrong lane

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63204d8bc912bf8020e381f8)

[2022,2023]

["instagram"]

["instagram"]

["instagram-users"]

A bug was reported by Instagram’s spokesperson to have prevented an algorithm from populating related hashtags for thousands of hashtags, resulting in an allege preferential treatment for some politically partisan hashtags.

Bug in Instagram’s “Related Hashtags” Algorithm Allegedly Caused Disproportionate Treatment of Political Hashtags

A bug

bug

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63342b4609b0dac2f0bc4198)

[2049,2071,2072,2112,2115,2116,2117,2118,2237]

["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["william-varner","unnamed-passenger"]

A 2019 Tesla Model S was reportedly traveling on Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) at high speed before crashing into a tree near The Woodlands in Spring, Texas, killing two people.

Tesla Model S on ACC Crashed into Tree in Texas, Killing Two People

two people

acc

bias, content, false

ObjectId(633d286d399f7471b5c10035)

[2059,2062,2108,2109,2110]

["henn-na-hotel"]

["unknown"]

["henn-na-hotel-guests","henn-na-hotal-staff"]

A number of robots employed by a hotel in Japan were reported by guests in a series of complaints for failing to handle tasks such as answering scheduling questions or making passport copies without human intervention.

Robots in Japanese Hotel Annoyed Guests and Failed to Handle Simple Tasks

A number

complaints

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f3c2b9a076fc957e6080f8)

[1880]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["the-vindicator"]

Facebook’s content moderation algorithm was acknowledged by the company to have flagged excerpts of the Declaration of Independence posted by a small newspaper in Texas as hate speech by mistake.

Facebook’s Automated Content Moderation Tool Flagged a Post Containing Parts of the Declaration of Independence as Hate Speech by Mistake

hate speech

hate speech

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f4ae6e0658670483d4835d)

[1889,2052,2381]

["tiktok"]

["tiktok"]

["lalani-erika-renee-walton","arriani-jaileen-arroyo","lalani-erika-renee-walton's-family","arriani-jaileen-arroyo's-family","tiktok-young-users","tiktok-users"]

TikTok’s recommendation algorithm was alleged in a lawsuit to have intentionally and repeatedly pushed videos of the “blackout” challenge onto children’s feeds, incentivizing their participation which ultimately resulted in the death of two young girls.

TikTok’s "For You" Allegedly Pushed Fatal “Blackout” Challenge Videos to Two Young Girls

the death

lawsuit

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630498489a95e74856267248)

[1947]

["apple"]

["apple"]

["iphone-face-id-users","iphone-x-face-id-users"]

The Face ID feature on iPhone allowing users to unlock their phones via facial recognition was reported by users for not recognizing their faces in the morning.

iPhone Face ID Failed to Recognize Users’ Morning Faces

their faces

faces

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6305dcfaaf7cc5438e28f38c)

[1954,1956,1960,2030]

["metropolitan-police-service"]

["unknown"]

["notting-hill-carnival-goers"]

The facial recognition trial by London’s Metropolitan Police Service at the Notting Hill Carnival reportedly performed poorly with a high rate of false positives.

Facial Recognition Trial Performed Poorly at Notting Hill Carnival

false positives

false positives

bias, content, false

ObjectId(631834963d3a94e2438bd339)

[2011]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["facebook-users-having-posts-about-painful-events","facebook-users"]

Facebook’s “On This Day” algorithm which highlighted past posts on a user’s private page or News Feed confronted unwanted and painful personal memories to its users.

Facebook’s On-This-Day Feature Mistakenly Showed Painful Memories to Users

unwanted and painful personal memories

painful personal memories

bias, content, false

ObjectId(633c45d3399f7471b597a077)

[2057]

["myinterview","curious-thing"]

["myinterview","curious-thing"]

["job-candidates-using-myinterview","job-candidates-using-curious-thing","employers-using-myinterview","employers-using-curious-thing"]

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.

Hiring Algorithms Provided Invalid Positive Results for Interview Responses in German

positive but invalid results

invalid results

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6342746c7349da35faffd3ee)

[2064,2075,2096]

["youtube"]

["youtube"]

["youtube-users-skeptical-of-us-election-results"]

YouTube's recommendation algorithm allegedly pushed 2020's US Presidential Election fraud content to users most skeptical of the election's legitimacy disproportionately compared to least skeptical users.

YouTube Recommendation Reportedly Pushed Election Fraud Content to Skeptics Disproportionately

least skeptical users

least skeptical users

bias, content, false

ObjectId(634282e6c5ced0d56b1d0012)

[2065,2095]

["charlotte-mecklenburg-school-district"]

["evolv-technology"]

["students-at-charlotte-mecklenburg-schools","teachers-at-charlotte-mecklenburg-schools","security-officers-at-charlotte-mecklenburg-schools"]

Evolv's AI-based weapons detection system reportedly produced excessive false positives, mistaking everyday school items for weapons and pulling schools' security personnel for manual checking.

Evolv's Gun Detection False Positives Created Problems for Schools

excessive false positives

excessive false positives

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f2570d867302aca4ac4572)

[1865]

["15.ai"]

["15.ai"]

["15.ai","15.ai-users"]

An AI-synthetic audio sold as an NFT on Voiceverse’s platform was acknowledged by the company for having been created by 15.ai, a free web app specializing in text-to-speech and AI-voice generation, and reused without proper attribution.

Voices Created Using Publicly Available App Stolen and Resold as NFT without Attribution

an NFT

nft

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6305f639af7cc5438e301103)

[1961,1962]

["youtube"]

["youtube"]

["women-of-sex-tech-conference-attendants","women-of-sex-tech-conference-organizers"]

YouTube’s automated content moderation tool erroneously removed The Women of Sex Tech conference’s live-streamed event and banned the conference from the platform, despite not violating the platform’s sexual content policies.

YouTube Auto-Moderation Mistakenly Banned Women of Sex Tech Conference

the platform

sexual content policies

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630dbeae9451321cff796216)

[1976]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["facebook-users-posting-legitimate-covid-19-news","facebook-users"]

Facebook was reported by users for blocking posts of legitimate news about the coronavirus pandemic, allegedly due to a bug in an anti-spam system.

Bug in Facebook’s Anti-Spam Filter Allegedly Blocked Legitimate Posts about COVID-19

a bug

bug

bias, content, false

ObjectId(631704baa7aa86620c9827e8)

[1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003]

["the-bl"]

["unknown"]

["instagram-users","facebook-users"]

A large network of pages, groups, and fake accounts having GAN-generated face photos associated with The BL, a US-based media outlet, reportedly bypassed Facebook moderation systems to push "pro-Trump" narratives on its platform and Instagram.

GAN Faces Deployed by The BL's Fake Account Network to Push Pro-Trump Content on Meta Platforms

fake accounts

bl

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63035dc822c28e977359610b)

[1940,1944]

["google"]

["google"]

["a-software-engineer-named-mark","parents-using-telemedicine-services"]

Google’s automated detection of abusive images of children incorrectly flagged a parent’s photo intended for a healthcare provider, resulting in a false police report of child abuse, and loss of access to his online accounts and information.

Google’s Automated Child Abuse Detection Wrongfully Flagged a Parent’s Naked Photo of His Child

abusive images

abusive images

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63369976589105516e51189b)

[2051,2063,2491,2511,2516,2539,2540,2575,2576,2593,2601,2634,2643,2755]

["students"]

["sudowrite","openai"]

["teachers","non-cheating-students","cheating-students"]

Students were reportedly using open-source text generative models such as GPT-3 and ChatGPT to complete school assignments and exams such as writing reports, essays.

Open-Source Generative Models Abused by Students to Cheat on Assignments and Exams

using

source text

bias, content, false

ObjectId(633c459b6ee03859f96820ab)

[2056,2113]

["facebook","instagram","twitter"]

["facebook","instagram","twitter"]

["marcus-rashford","jadon-sancho","bukayo-saka","facebook-users","instagram-users","twitter-users"]

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.

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Failed to Proactively Remove Targeted Racist Remarks via Automated Systems

racist remarks

harassment

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630350a5c971a26b3b4d6134)

[1939]

["geisel-school-of-medicine"]

["geisel-school-of-medicine's-technology-staff","canvas"]

["sirey-zhang","geisel-school-of-medicine's-students","geisel-school-of-medicine's-professors","geisel-school-of-medicine's-accused-students"]

Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine allegedly falsely accused students of cheating during remote exams using an internally built system which tracked student activity patterns without their knowledge on its learning management platform.

Students Allegedly Wrongfully Accused of Cheating via Medical School's Internal Software

their knowledge

dartmouth

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6305cb242b1af2bc7c3e34b8)

[1952,1953]

["boston-dynamics"]

["boston-dynamics"]

["none"]

Boston Dynamics’s autonomous robot Atlas allegedly caught its foot on a stage light, resulting in a fall off the stage at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders conference.

Atlas Robot Fell off Stage at Conference

a fall

fall

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6305e6d7af7cc5438e2ac401)

[1955,1957,1958,1959,2126,2127,2128,2269]

["south-wales-police"]

["nec"]

["finals-attendees","falsely-accused-finals-attendees"]

South Wales Police (SWP)’s automated facial recognition (AFR) at the Champion's League Final football game in Cardiff wrongly identified innocent people as potential matches at an extremely high false positive rate of more than 90%.

High False Positive Rate by SWP's Facial Recognition Use at Champion's League Final

an extremely high false positive rate

high false positive rate

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630c99e90212a2e7e79de7da)

[1970]

["ntechlab"]

["ntechlab"]

["russian-pornographic-actresses","russian-sex-workers"]

The facial recognition software FindFace allowing its users to match photos to people’s social media pages on Vkontakte was reportedly abused to de-anonymize and harass Russian women who appeared in pornography and alleged sex workers.

Facial Recognition Service Abused to Target Russian Porn Actresses

alleged sex workers

pornography

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630f057e690071b517189ef4)

[188,190,194,195,199,209,212,1988,1989,1990,1995,200]

["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["walter-huang","walter-huang's-family"]

A Tesla Model X P100D operating on Autopilot's Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) and Autosteer system allegedly accelerated above the speed limit of a highway in Mountain View, California, and steered itself directly into a barrier, resulting in its driver’s death.

Tesla Model X on Autopilot Crashed into California Highway Barrier, Killing Driver

a barrier

tacc

bias, content, false

ObjectId(631845f4a7aa86620cb95d56)

[2015]

["amazon"]

["amazon"]

["amazon-users"]

Amazon was reported to have shown chemical combinations for producing explosives and incendiary devices as “frequently bought together” items via automated recommendation.

Amazon Recommended Explosive-Producing Ingredients as “Frequently Bought Together” Items for Chemicals

” items

items

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f3d763614ca995dff23c49)

[1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["museums-on-facebook","facebook-users-interested-in-arts","facebook-users"]

Facebook’s removal of posts featuring renowned artworks by many historical artists and their promotional content due to nudity via both automated and human-moderated means were condemned by critics, such as museums and tourism boards, as cultural censorship and prevention of artwork promotion.

Facebook’s Automated Removal of Content Featuring Nudity-Containing Artworks Denounced as Censorship

cultural censorship

cultural censorship

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62ff8d332b190ab329b567f9)

[2471]

["yuen-ler-chow"]

["yuen-ler-chow"]

["thefacetag-app-users"]

TheFaceTag app, a social networking app developed and deployed within-campus by a student at Harvard raised concerns surrounding its facial recognition, cybersecurity, privacy, and misuse. This incident has been downgraded to an issue as it does not meet current ingestion criteria.

Student-Developed Facial Recognition App Raised Ethical Concerns

an issue

facial recognition

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f35eea867302aca4e2b895)

[1869,1870,2381]

["tiktok"]

["tiktok"]

["tiktok-young-users","tiktok-users"]

TikTok’s young users were allegedly exposed to community-guideline-violating pro-eating disorder content on their algorithmically curated “For You” page that serves videos from any user on its platform.

TikTok’s “For You” Algorithm Exposed Young Users to Pro-Eating Disorder Content

its platform

platform

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f3bb424240948816cde2a4)

[1875,1876,1877]

["youtube"]

["youtube"]

["youtube-young-users","youtube-users"]

Terms-of-service-violating videos related to suicide and self-harm reportedly bypassed YouTube’s content moderation algorithms, allegedly resulting in exposure of graphic content to young users via recommended videos.

YouTube's Algorithms Failed to Remove Violating Content Related to Suicide and Self-Harm

graphic content

suicide

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630c86a4707bde9384fd94ee)

[1963,1964,1965,1966]

["sanas"]

["sanas"]

["call-center-agents-having-non-midwestern-american-accent","people-having-non-midwestern-american-accent"]

A startup’s use of AI voice technology to alter or remove accents for call center agents was scrutinized by critics as reaffirming bias, despite the company’s claim.

Startup's Accent Translation AI Denounced as Reinforcing Racial Bias

bias

bias

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630ca22388619542799c19ec)

[1971]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["facebook-users"]

Facebook’s advertisement-approval algorithm was reported by a security analyst to have neglected simple checks for domain URLs, leaving its users at risk of fraudulent ads.

Facebook Ad-Approval Algorithm Allegedly Missed Fraudulent Ads via Simple URL Checks

fraudulent ads

fraudulent ads

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f4c81b0658670483dbe51b)

[1895,1896,2025,2026]

["woodbridge-police-department"]

["unknown"]

["nijeer-parks"]

Woodbridge Police Department falsely arrested an innocent Black man following a misidentification by their facial recognition software, who was jailed for more than a week and paid thousands of dollar for his defense.

New Jersey Police Wrongful Arrested Innocent Black Man via FRT

a misidentification

misidentification

bias, content, false

ObjectId(62f4d2aa4a3f91af3dd48640)

[1897,1898]

["starship-technologies"]

["starship-technologies"]

["jisuk-mok","frisco-residents"]

A Starship food delivery robot crashed into the front bumper of a vehicle waiting at a stoplight intersection in Frisco, Texas, the video of which the company reportedly refused to release.

Starship Delivery Robot Scuffed Bumper of a Resident’s Car in Texas, Allegedly Refusing to Release Footage of the Accident

a vehicle

vehicle

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63048a1b3359229b334cee96)

[1946,1948,1949]

["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["unnamed-tesla-owner","tesla-drivers"]

A Tesla Model S operating on the Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) feature of Autopilot was shown on video by its driver crashing into a parked van on a European highway in heavy traffic, which damaged the front of the car.

Tesla on Autopilot TACC Crashed into Van on European Highway

the front

tacc

bias, content, false

ObjectId(633c45fd399f7471b597a758)

[2058]

["insurance-companies"]

["ccc-information-services","tractable"]

["vehicle-repair-shops","vehicle-owners"]

Auto-insurance companies' photo-based estimation of repair price was alleged by repair shop owners and industry groups as providing inaccurate estimates, causing damaged cars to stay in the shop longer.

Auto-Insurance Photo-Based Estimation Allegedly Gave Inaccurate Repair Prices Frequently

inaccurate estimates

estimation

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630349169b0efe36c58855ab)

[1938]

["broward-college"]

["honorlock"]

["unnamed-florida-teenager"]

Broward College’s use of remote proctoring system and reliance on its flagging algorithm allegedly led to a wrongful accusation of academic dishonesty in a biology exam of a Florida teenager.

Teenager at Broward College Allegedly Wrongfully Accused of Cheating via Remote Proctoring

a wrongful accusation

wrongful accusation

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630c923888619542799a0c42)

[1968]

["stability-ai"]

["stability-ai","runway","laion","eleutherai","compvis-lmu"]

["stability-ai","deepfaked-celebrities"]

Stable Diffusion, an open-source image generation model by Stability AI, was reportedly leaked on 4chan prior to its release date, and was used by its users to generate pornographic deepfakes of celebrities.

Stable Diffusion Abused by 4chan Users to Deepfake Celebrity Porn

pornographic deepfakes

pornographic deepfakes

bias, content, false

ObjectId(630f18e003b40739e3f018e6)

[1991,1994]

["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["connecticut-state-police"]

A Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot slammed into a parked car of patrol police officers who stopped to assist a stranded motorist on the interstate in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Tesla Model 3 Crashed into Police Patrol Car on Connecticut Highway

a stranded motorist

car

bias, content, false

ObjectId(633423b68b9212a310a337bc)

[2048,2119,2120,2121]

["uk-home-office"]

["uk-home-office"]

["uk-immigrant-newlyweds"]

UK Home Office's opaque algorithm to detect sham marriages flagged some nationalities for investigation more than others, raising fears surrounding discrimination based on nationality and age.

UK Home Office's Sham Marriage Detection Algorithm Reportedly Flagged Certain Nationalities Disproportionately

some nationalities

discrimination

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63428c5563b61b7fa042db22)

[2068]

["@tengazillioiniq"]

["unknown"]

["halle-bailey","black-actresses"]

A Twitter user reportedly modified using generative AI a short clip of Disney's 2022 version of "The Little Mermaid," replacing a Black actress with a white digital character.

"The Little Mermaid" Clip Doctored Using Generative AI to Replace Black Actress with White Character

a short clip

generative ai

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6347c85bf149ac829bebe6ac)

[2131]

["walmart"]

["everseen"]

["walmart-employees"]

Walmart's theft-deterring bagging-detection system allegedly exposed workers to health risks during the coronavirus pandemic when its false positives prompted workers to unnecessarily step in to resolve the issue.

Walmart's Bagging-Detection False Positives Exposed Workers to Health Risk

its false positives

false positives

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6347d11ef149ac829beda3a3)

[2150]

["openai","google"]

["openai","google"]

["gender-minority-groups","racial-minority-groups","underrepresented-groups-in-training-data"]

Unsupervised image generation models trained using Internet images such as iGPT and SimCLR were shown to have embedded racial, gender, and intersectional biases, resulting in stereotypical depictions.

iGPT, SimCLR Learned Biased Associations from Internet Training Data

intersectional biases

intersectional biases

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63429a302acc51f55c0d97ad)

[2081,2082,2083,2903]

["uber"]

["uber"]

["uber-drivers"]

Uber was alleged in a lawsuit to have wrongfully accused its drivers in the UK and Portugal of fraudulent activity through automated systems, which resulted in their dismissal without a right to appeal.

Uber Allegedly Wrongfully Accused Drivers of Fraud via Automated Systems

fraudulent activity

dismissal

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63429b21c5ced0d56b1f9725)

[2084,2085]

["murat-ayfer"]

["murat-ayfer","openai"]

["historically-disadvantaged-groups"]

Philosopher AI as built on top of GPT-3 was reported by its users for having strong tendencies to produce offensive results when given prompts on certain topics such as feminism and Ethiopia.

Philosophy AI Tentatively Produced Offensive Results for Certain Prompts

offensive results

offensive results

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6347dbceed247984c90d6b27)

[2151,2152,2153,2154,2155,2156,2157,2159,2160,2161]

["the-israel-military"]

["anyvision"]

["palestinians-residing-in-the-west-bank"]

A controversial surveillance program involving facial recognition and algorithmic recommendation, Blue Wolf, was deployed by the Israeli military to monitor Palestinians in the West Bank.

Facial Recognition Smart Phone App "Blue Wolf" Monitored Palestinians in West Bank

facial recognition

facial recognition

system, recognition, facial

ObjectId(634d1f8f7448b116a2eba9cf)

[2163]

["google"]

["google"]

["google's-competitor-shopping-services"]

Google was fined by EU Commission for changing its shopping algorithms in Europe to favor its own comparison service over competitors, resulting in anti-competitive effects.

Google Fined for Changing Shopping Algorithms in EU to Favor Own Service

anti-competitive effects

competitors

bias, content, false

ObjectId(635f0120e6a5db6da1d3a483)

[2175,2176]

["tusimple"]

["tusimple"]

["tusimple","state-of-arizona"]

A TuSimple autonomous truck operating with backup drivers behind the wheel operated on an outdated command sequence and suddenly veered into the center divide on the interstate freeway.

TuSimple Truck Steered into Interstate Freeway Divide

an outdated command sequence

center divide

bias, content, false

ObjectId(636dffb0411dcebbcc969fd5)

[2244,2246]

["southern-co-op"]

["hikvision"]

["souther-co-op-customers"]

Southern Co-op's use of facial recognition reportedly to curb violent crime in UK supermarkets was alleged by civil society and privacy groups as "unlawful" and "complete" invasion of privacy.

Facial Recognition Trial by UK Southern Co-op Alleged as Unlawful

violent crime

violent crime

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6356adfd642a3e49ac4c13a9)

[2167,2184,2203]

["ugandan-government"]

["huawei"]

["political-opposition-in-uganda"]

Huawei's AI systems involving facial recognition were reportedly deployed by the Ugandan government to monitor political opposition actors and anti-regime sentiments, which raised fears of surveillance and suppression of individual freedoms.

Uganda Deployed Huawei's Facial Recognition to Monitor Political Opposition and Protests

anti-regime sentiments

facial recognition

bias, content, false

ObjectId(636e0f5e0a00a4f89b1146a3)

[2247]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["facebook-users-speaking-swahili","facebook-users-speaking-english","facebook-users"]

Facebook's ad moderation system involving algorithms failed to flag hateful language and violating content such as calls for killings for ads in English and Swahili.

Facebook AI-Supported Moderation for Ads Failed to Detect Violating Content

hateful language

violating content

bias, content, false

ObjectId(63429c05ad13a1c2fb5b52a1)

[2089]

["cadillac-fairview"]

["unknown"]

["chinook-centre-mall-goers","market-mall-goers"]

Facial recognition (FRT) was reportedly deployed in some Calgary-area malls to approximate customer age and gender without explicit consent, which a privacy expert warned was a cause for concern.

Calgary Malls Deployed Facial Recognition without Customer Consent

a cause

frt

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6347c81eb55a37b65883b48c)

[2130]

["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["facebook-users-posting-about-plymouth-hoe","facebook-users-in-plymouth-hoe","plymouth-hoe-residents"]

Facebook's automated system mistakenly labelled posts featuring the seafaring landmark Plymouth Hoe as misogynistic.

Facebook's Automated Moderation Mistakenly Flagged Landmark's Name as Offensive

Plymouth Hoe

system

bias, content, false

ObjectId(634d1c221ad286865cf8d200)

[2162]

["jason-allen"]

["midjourney"]

["artists-submitting-in-the-digital-arts-category","digital-artists","artists"]

An artwork generated using generative AI won first place in the digital arts category of the Colorado State Fair's art competition, which raised concerns surrounding labor displacement and unfair competition.

GAN Artwork Won First Place at State Fair Competition

unfair competition

artwork

bias, content, false

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Google Search reportedly returned fewer abortion clinics for searches from poorer and rural areas, particularly ones with Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws.

Google Search Returned Fewer Results for Abortion Services in Rural Areas

particularly ones

searches

bias, content, false

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State's use of Michigan Integrated Data Automated System (MiDAS) to adjudicate unemployment benefits claims falsely issued fraud determinations based on un-investigated assumptions, resulting in tens of thousands of false fraud cases over years.

Michigan's Unemployment Benefits Algorithm MiDAS Issued False Fraud Claims to Thousands of People

un-investigated assumptions

false fraud cases

bias, content, false

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RealPage’s YieldStar apartment pricing algorithm was reportedly helping landlords push unusually high rents onto tenants, raising fears and criticisms surrounding alleged antitrust behaviors such as artificially inflating price, and stifling competition.

RealPage's Algorithm Pushed Rent Prices High, Allegedly Artificially

alleged antitrust behaviors

high rents

bias, content, false

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Amazon delivery drivers were forced to consent to algorithmic collection and processing of their location, movement, and biometric data through AI-powered cameras, or be dismissed.

Amazon Forced Deployment of AI-Powered Cameras on Delivery Drivers

their location

processing

bias, content, false

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Amazon Echo misinterpreted a background conversation between a husband and wife as instructions for recording a message and sending it to one of the husband's employees.

Amazon Echo Mistakenly Recorded and Sent Private Conversation to Random Contact

a message

message

bias, content, false

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["weibo"]

["weibo","chinese-government"]

Weibo's user moderation model is having difficulty keeping up with shifting user slang in defiance of Chinese state censors.

Weibo Model Had Difficulty Detecting Shifts in Censored Speech

user slang

defiance

bias, content, false

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["uber"]

["uber-drivers"]

Uber was alleged in a lawsuit to have provided incomplete notice about automated decision-making and profiling for drivers such as information about their driving behavior, and use of phone.

Uber Allegedly Violated GDPR by Failing to Provide Sufficient Notice on Automated Profiling for Drivers

incomplete notice

incomplete notice

bias, content, false

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An autonomous Roborace car drove itself into a wall in round one of the Season Beta 1.1 race.

Autonomous Roborace Car Drove Directly into a Wall

a wall

wall

bias, content, false

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["jeremy-banner","jeremy-banner's-family"]

A Tesla Model 3 driver switched on Autopilot seconds before the crash into the underbelly of a tractor-trailer on a highway in Florida, killing the Tesla driver.

Tesla on Autopilot Crashed into Trailer Truck in Florida, Killing Driver

the crash

driver

year, risk, crash

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UK Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)'s grade-standardization algorithm providing predicted grades for A level and GCSE qualifications in the UK, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland was reportedly giving grades lower than teachers' assessments, and disproportionately for state schools.

UK Ofqual's Algorithm Disproportionately Provided Lower Grades Than Teachers' Assessments

A level

assessments

bias, content, false

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["facebook"]

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Facebook's automated advertising categories generated using users' declared interests contained anti-Semitic categories such as "Jew hater" and "How to burn Jews" which were listed as fields of study.

Facebook's Auto-Generated Targeting Ad Categories Contained Anti-Semitic Options

anti-Semitic categories

jew hater

bias, content, false

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["openai","people-having-personal-data-in-gpt-2's-training-data"]

OpenAI's GPT-2 reportedly memorized and could regurgitate verbatim instances of training data, including personally identifiable information such as names, emails, twitter handles, and phone numbers.

GPT-2 Able to Recite PII in Training Data

such

identifiable information

bias, content, false

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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.

Canadian Police's Release of Suspect's AI-Generated Facial Photo Reportedly Reinforced Racial Profiling

racial profiling

racial profiling

bias, content, false

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Facial recognition deployed in a pilot project by the local government of Bahia despite having minimal hit rate reportedly targeted Black and poor people disproportionately.

Facial Recognition Pilot in Bahia Reportedly Targeted Black and Poor People

minimal hit rate

poor people

bias, content, false

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["google-home"]

["black-google-home-mini-users","google-home-mini-users"]

Google Home Mini speaker was reported by users for announcing aloud the previously-censored n-word in a song title.

Google Home Mini Speaker Reportedly Read N-Word in Song Title Aloud

the previously-censored n

word

bias, content, false

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Voice and video deepfakes were reported by FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in complaint reports to have been deployed during online interviews of the candidates for remote-work positions.

Deepfakes Reportedly Deployed in Online Interviews for Remote Work Positions

complaint reports

voice

bias, content, false

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["oracle"]

["internet-users"]

Oracle's automated system involving algorithmic data processing was alleged in a lawsuit to have been unlawfully collecting personal data from millions of people and violating their privacy rights.

Oracle's Algorithmic Data Processing System Alleged as Unlawful and Violating Privacy Rights

a lawsuit

lawsuit

bias, content, false

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["youtube","twitch","tiktok","instagram"]

["youtube","twitch","tiktok","instagram"]

["youtube-content-creators","twitch-content-creators","tiktok-content-creators","instagram-content-creators"]

TikTok's, YouTube's, Instagram's, and Twitch's use of algorithms to flag certain words devoid of context changed content creators' use of everyday language or discussion about certain topics in fear of their content getting flagged or auto-demonetized by mistake.

Social Media's Automated Word-Flagging without Context Shifted Content Creators' Language Use

their content

tiktok

bias, content, false

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["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["wny-gardeners","gardening-facebook-groups","facebook-users-in-gardening-groups"]

Facebook's automated system flagged gardening groups' use of "hoe" and violent language against bugs as a violation by mistake.

Facebook's Automated Moderation Flagged Gardening Group's Language Use by Mistake

a violation

violation

bias, content, false

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["glovo"]

["sebastian-galassi","sebastian-galassi's-family"]

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.

Glovo Driver in Italy Fired via Automated Email after Being Killed in Accident

non-compliance terms

delivery

bias, content, false

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["facebook","instagram","twitter"]

["facebook","instagram","twitter"]

["palestinian-social-media-users","facebook-users","instagram-users","twitter-users","facebook-employees-having-families-affected-by-the-conflict"]

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.

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Cited Errors in Automated Systems as Cause for Blocking pro-Palestinian Content on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

errors

facebook

bias, content, false

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["uber"]

["uber"]

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Transgender Uber drivers reported being automatically deactivated from the app due to Real-Time ID Check failing to account for difference in appearance of people undergoing gender transitions.

Transgender Uber Drivers Mistakenly Kicked off App for Appearance Change during Gender Transitions

gender transitions

appearance

bias, content, false

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Remoteli.io's GPT-3-based Twitter bot was shown being hijacked by Twitter users who redirected it to repeat or generate any phrases.

GPT-3-Based Twitter Bot Hijacked Using Prompt Injection Attacks

any phrases

phrases

bias, content, false

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["google"]

["google"]

["google-pixel-6a-users"]

Google Pixel 6a's fingerprint recognition feature was reported by users for security issues, in which phones were mistakenly unlocked by unregistered fingerprints.

Users Reported Security Issues with Google Pixel 6a's Fingerprint Unlocking

security issues

security issues

bias, content, false

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["thai-citizens","elder-thai-citizens"]

A Thai wallet app failed to recognize people’s faces, resulting in citizens and disproportionately elders unable to sign up for Thai government’s cash handout and co-pay programs or having to wait in long queues at local ATMs for authentication.

Thai Wallet App's Facial Recognition Errors Created Registration Issues for Government Programs

people’s faces

authentication

bias, content, false

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["d.g.-consultores"]

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Pepsi's number generation system determining daily winners in its Number Fever promotion in the Philippines mistakenly produced a number held by thousands which resulted in riots, deaths, conspiracy theories, and decades of lawsuits.

Error in Pepsi's Number Generation System Led to Decades-Long Damages in the Philippines

a number

riots

bias, content, false

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["molly-rose-russell","the-russell-family","teenage-girls","teenagers"]

Instagram was ruled by a judge to have contributed to the death of a teenage girl in the UK allegedly through its exposure and recommendation of suicide, self-harm, and depressive content.

Instagram's Exposure of Harmful Content Contributed to Teenage Girl’s Suicide

the death

death

bias, content, false

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["amazon"]

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["amazon-warehouse-workers"]

Amazon’s warehouse worker “time off task" (TOT) tracking system was used to discipline and dismiss workers, falsely assuming workers to have wasted time and failing to account for breaks or equipment issues.

Amazon’s "Time Off Task" System Made False Assumptions about Workers' Time Management

breaks or equipment issues

tot

bias, content, false

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["cruise"]

["san-francisco-firefighters","san-francisco-fire-department"]

A fire truck in San Francisco responding to a fire was blocked from passing a doubled-parked garbage truck by a self-driving Cruise car on the opposing lane which stayed put and did not reverse to clear the lane.

Cruise Autonomous Car Blocked Fire Truck Responding to Emergency

the opposing lane

lane

bias, content, false

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["tiktok"]

["tiktok"]

["young-tiktok-users","tiktok-users","gen-z-tiktok-users"]

TikTok's search recommendations reportedly contained misinformation about political topics bypassing both AI and human content moderation.

Misinformation Reported in TikTok's Search Results Despite Moderation by AI and Human

both AI

misinformation

bias, content, false

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["tesla"]

["tesla"]

["tesla-drivers","horse-drawn-carriages"]

Tesla Autopilot's computer vision system was shown in a video mistaking a horse-drawn carriage for other forms of transport such as a truck, a car, and a human following a car.

Tesla Autopilot Misidentified On-Road Horse-Drawn Carriage

a car

carriage

bias, content, false

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["meta-ai","meta","facebook"]

["meta-ai","meta","facebook"]

["minority-groups","meta-ai","meta","facebook","minority-groups"]

Meta AI trained and hosted a scientific paper generator that sometimes produced bad science and prohibited queries on topics and groups that are likely to produce offensive or harmful content.

Meta AI's Scientific Paper Generator Reportedly Produced Inaccurate and Harmful Content

offensive or harmful content

harmful content

bias, content, false

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["google"]

["google"]

["the-karnataka-government","kannada-speakers"]

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.

Kannada Insulted by Google's Featured Answer as "Ugliest Language in India"

ugliest language

ugliest language

bias, content, false

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["openai","latitude"]

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Latitude's GPT-3-powered game AI Dungeon was reportedly abused by some players who manipulated its AI to generate sexually explicit stories involving children.

Players Manipulated GPT-3-Powered Game to Generate Sexually Explicit Material Involving Children

its AI

ai

bias, content, false

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McDonald's use of chatbot in its AI drive-through in Chicago was alleged in a lawsuit to have collected and processed voice data without user consent to predict customer information, which violated Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

McDonald's AI Drive-Thru Allegedly Collected Biometric Customer Data without Consent, Violating BIPA

a lawsuit

lawsuit

bias, content, false

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["tiktok"]

["tiktok"]

["tiktok-users"]

Many clips showing a suicide evaded TikTok's automated content moderation system allegedly in a coordinated attack, which resulted in exposure of violating content to its users.

Suicide Clips Evaded TikTok's Automated Moderation in Coordinated Attack

a suicide

suicide

bias, content, false

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["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["facebook-users-speaking-east-african-languages","facebook-users-in-east-africa"]

Facebook's system involving algorithmic content moderation for East African languages was reportedly failing to identify violating content on the platform such as mistakenly classifying non-terrorist content.

Facebook's AI-Supported Moderation Failed to Classify Terrorist Content in East African Languages

the platform

content

bias, content, false

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["uber"]

["uber"]

["poor-neighborhoods","neighborhoods-of-color"]

Uber's surge-pricing algorithm which adjusts prices to influence car availability inadvertently caused better service offering such as shorter wait times for majority white neighborhoods.

Uber's Surge Pricing Reportedly Offered Disproportionate Service Quality along Racial Lines

shorter wait times

pricing algorithm

bias, content, false

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Sound Intelligence's "aggression detection" algorithm deployed by schools reportedly contained high rates of false positive, misclassifying laughing, coughing, cheering, and loud discussions.

Sound Intelligence's Aggression Detector Misidentified Innocuous Sounds

high rates

aggression detection

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6381c9b634f2d7279c4fd523)

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["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["pseudonymized-psychiatrist's-patients","pseudonymized-psychiatrist","patients","healthcare-providers"]

Facebook's "People You May Know" (PYMK) feature was reported by a psychiatrist for recommending her patients as friends through recommendations, violating patients' privacy and confidentiality.

Facebook's Friend Suggestion Feature Recommends Patients of Psychiatrist to Each Other

" (PYMK) feature

pymk

bias, content, false

ObjectId(6386e641c860d9983e13d10b)

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["facebook"]

["facebook"]

["sex-workers-using-facebook"]

Facebook's "People You May Know" feature reportedly outed sex workers by recommending clients to their personal accounts or family members to their business accounts with no option to opt out.

Facebook Reportedly Outed Sex Workers through Friend Recommendations

no option

sex workers

bias, content, false

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["university-of-north-carolina-wilmington","karl-ricanek","gayathri-mahalingam"]

["transgender-youtubers","transgender-people"]

YouTube videos of transgender people used by researchers to study facial recognition during gender transitions were used and distributed without permission.

Facial Recognition Researchers Used YouTube Videos of Transgender People without Consent

facial recognition

permission

system, recognition, facial

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Creditworthiness Schufa scores in Germany reportedly privileged older and female consumers, and people who changed addresses less frequently, and were unreliable depending on scoring version.

Schufa Credit Scoring in Germany Reported for Unreliable and Imbalanced Scores

scoring version

addresses

bias, content, false