Description: Amazon's AI-generated review summary allegedly misrepresented customer feedback on Mein Kampf by describing it as "a true work of art." Google's search algorithm then surfaced this misleading AI-generated text as a featured snippet, which in turn amplified the error. This incident arose from AI summarizing AI-generated content, in effect creating a self-reinforcing misinformation loop.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google , Amazon , Google search algorithm , Google featured snippets , Google AI overview , Amazon review summarizer , Amazon product review and Amazon content moderation systems developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed General public.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Google search algorithm , Google featured snippets , Google AI overview , Amazon review summarizer , Amazon product review and Amazon content moderation systems
Incident Stats
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
1.2. Exposure to toxic content
Risk Domain
The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
- Discrimination and Toxicity
Entity
Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
AI
Timing
The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
Post-deployment
Intent
Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Unintentional
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Google's featured snippet is pulling in an Amazon AI summary of Adolf Hitler's Nazi manifesto Mein Kampf that calls it "a true work of art" in the latest AI-related fuckup affecting top search results.
As of writing, searching for "mein kam…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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