AI Incident Roundup – April ‘23

Read our month-in-review newsletter recapping new incidents in the AI Incident Database and looking at the trends.

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In April, there were several news stories centering around false accusations and impersonation. Whereas AI-powered voice synthesis systems were being used as tools by humans to impersonate loved ones for cash, break into a government system, make false swat calls, and mimic musicians, ChatGPT generated false stories of an Australian Mayor and a professor committing crimes.

#506: ChatGPT Allegedly Produced False Accusation of Sexual Harassment
- LLM, false accusation
#507: ChatGPT Erroneously Alleged Mayor Served Prison Time for Bribery
- LLM, false accusation
#513: ChatGPT Banned by Italian Authority Due to OpenAI's Lack of Legal Basis for Data Collection and Age Verification
- LLM, children
#514: Turnitin's ChatGPT-Detection Tool Falsely Flagged Student Essays as AI-Generated
- LLM detection
#516: ChatGPT Reportedly Exposed Users' Private Data Reportedly Due to Bug
- LLM, false privacy

#509: Scammers Deepfaked Videos of Victims' Loved Ones Asking for Funds over Facebook in Vietnam
- deepfake, scam, voice recognition, voice synthesis
#523: Australian Journalist Able to Access Centrelink Account Using AI Audio of Own Voice
- privacy, voice recognition, voice synthesis
#524: AI Voices Abused by Telegram User to Make Swat Calls as Paid Service
- voice synthesis, abuse
#526: Novel Deepfake Song Pulled from Music Streaming Services After Allegedly Violating Artist's Rights
- deepfake, voice synthesis

#517: Man Arrested For Sock Theft by False Facial Match Despite Alibi
- false accusation, facial recognition, computer vision
#518: New York Detective Misused Woody Harrelson's Face to Perform Face Recognition Search
- false accusation, facial recognition, computer vision
#520: Amazon Fresh Cameras Failed to Register Purchased Items
- computer vision
#521: Images Captured by iRobot's Roomba Containing Device Users Posted on Private Online Groups
- computer vision, privacy

#522: Facebook Political Ad Delivery Algorithms Inferred Users' Political Alignment, Inhibiting Political Campaigns' Reach
- bias, privacy
#527: Tech Companies Reportedly Paid Gig Workers Differentially for the Same Amount of Work
- discrimination, pricing algorithm
#529: Stable Diffusion Exhibited Biases for Prompts Featuring Professions
- bias, image generation
#531: AI-Assisted Body Scanners Reportedly Subjected Transgender Travelers to Invasive Body Searches
- abuse, privacy, discrimination

#519: Starship Delivery Robot Ran into Problems Traversing Campus Terrains
#525: Tesla Vehicle Running on Self-Driving Mode Crashes on City Streets
#528: Amazon Algorithmic Pricing Allegedly Hiked up Price of Reference Book to Millions
#530: Telegram Channels Allowed Users to Make Non-Consensual Deepfake Porn as Paid Service

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