Flagged Incident List

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Incident 5

report_number: 776
title: Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 14 Years of FDA Data
url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280062076_Adverse_Events_in_Robotic_Surgery_A_Retrospective_Study_of_14_Years_of_FDA_Data
authors: Show More Authors
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2015-07-13
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: PDF | Background: Use of robotic systems for minimally invasive surgery has rapidly increased during the last decade. Understanding the causes of adverse events and their impact on patients in robot-assisted surgery will help improve systems and operational practices to avoid...
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language: en
source_domain: researchgate.net
submitters: Anonymous

Incident 10

report_number: 23
title: Is Starbucks shortchanging its baristas?
url: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-starbucks-shortchanging-its-baristas/
authors: Aimee Picchi
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2015-09-24
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: Some employees at the coffee chain say it isn't living up to promises to improve the company's labor practices
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language: en
source_domain: cbsnews.com
submitters: Catherine Olsson

Incident 16

report_number: 88
title: Why Google 'Thought' This Black Woman Was a Gorilla
url: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/deep-problem-deep-learning
authors: Manoush ZomorodiJen PoyantJackie SnowAriana TobinMiranda Katz
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2015-09-30
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: This is a story about an incident that happened to 22-year-old web developer Jacky Alciné, the racist slur that caught him off-guard, and the machines behind it.
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image_url: https://media.wnyc.org/i/1000/530/c/80/1/jacky_tweet_centered.png
language: en
source_domain: wnycstudios.org
submitters: Anonymous

Incident 22

report_number: 233
title: City Council News: Motions Introduced to Curb Navigational Apps such as WAZE
url: http://belairassociation.org/blog/2018/4/13/city-council-news-motion-introduced-to-curb-navigational-apps-such-as-waze
authors: Bel Air Association
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2022-06-01
date_published: 2018-04-14
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: Another Motion to curb traffic navigation apps has been introduced out of concern traffic apps have been clogging side streets with drivers and sending them into evacuated areas during emergencies. Councilmember Paul Koretz (CD5) introduced a Motion immediately after December’s Skirball Fire that would direct the LAFD and Department of Transportation to report on efforts to coordinate with navigat...
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language: en
source_domain: belairassociation.org
submitters: Catherine Olsson

Incident 27

report_number: 345
title: Who is Stanislav Petrov, the man who literally saved the world from nuclear...
url: https://www.ajc.com/news/local/who-stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-literally-saved-the-world-from-nuclear-war/KvWRsAZaAlV97h9OORGh2N/
authors: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2017-05-20
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: Stanislav Petrov, 77, passed away on May 19, 2017. His death in his home in the Moscow suburbs was little noted at the time. Petrov, however, is one of a few humans who can say they literally saved the world. The veteran was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Union Air Defense Forces. On Sept. 26, 1983, the Soviets' early-warning nuclear missile detection system was triggered. The system said the United States had fired five ballistic missiles at the Soviet Union. Petrov was the duty officer at the co
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language: en
source_domain: ajc.com
submitters: Roman Yampolskiy

Incident 28

report_number: 390
title: 2010 Flash Crash
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Flash_Crash
authors: Wikipedia Editors
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2010-05-08
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: The May 6, 2010, Flash Crash, also known as the Crash of 2:45, the 2010 Flash Crash or simply the Flash Crash, was a United States trillion-dollar stock market crash, which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes.
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image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Flashcrash-2010.png
language: en
source_domain: en.wikipedia.org
submitters: Anonymous

Incident 36

report_number: 582
title: Facial recognition catches China’s air con queen Dong Mingzhu jaywalking, but turns out to be ...
url: https://article.wn.com/view/2018/11/22/Facial_recognition_catches_China_s_air_con_queen_Dong_Mingzh/
authors: South China Morning Post
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2018-11-23
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: While China has moved ahead of the rest of the world in making facial recognition technology a part of people’s everyday life, there are systems in the country that need tweaking. Making a compelling case for change is the recent experience of Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of China’s biggest maker of air conditioners Gree Electric Appliances, who found her face splashed on a huge screen erected along a street in the port city of Ningbo that displays images of people caught jaywalking by...
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language: en
source_domain: article.wn.com
submitters: Catherine Olsson

report_number: 569
title: 2018 in Review: 10 AI Failures
url: https://medium.com/syncedreview/2018-in-review-10-ai-failures-c18faadf5983
authors: Synced
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2018-12-11
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: Last December Synced compiled its first “Artificial Intelligence Failures” recap of AI gaffes from the previous year. AI has achieved remarkable progress, and many scientists dream of creating the…
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language: en
source_domain: medium.com
submitters: Catherine Olsson

Incident 68

report_number: 1218
title: Security guard robot ends it all by throwing itself into a watery grave
url: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/07/knightscope-k5-security-bot-drowned/
authors: Sebastian Anthony
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2017-07-18
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: Knightscope K5 security bot shows your job is probably safe from automation. For now.
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image_url: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/security-bot-knightscope-water-e1500370047883-760x380.jpg
language: en
source_domain: arstechnica.com
submitters: Anonymous

report_number: 1233
title: The 'suicidal robot' that drowned in a fountain didn't kill itself after all
url: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/suicidal-robot-did-not-kill-itself-fountain-accident-loose-brick-surface-a7866856.html
authors: Fiona Keating
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2017-07-18
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: A security robot called Steve did not commit suicide by falling into a fountain in Washington DC, but due to a tragic accident. After retrieving data from Steve the roboguard’s black box discovered that the accident was caused not by suicide but by skidding on a “loose brick surface”, according to the machine’s manufacturer, Knightscope. A technical error led to the K5 robot’s
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image_url: https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/07/18/11/robot.jpg
language: en
source_domain: independent.co.uk
submitters: Anonymous

report_number: 1238
title: Security Robot Commits Suicide In Fountain Because The World Is Terrible
url: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/security-robot-commits-suicide-in-fountain-because-the-world-is-terrible/
authors: IFL Science
date_downloaded: 2019-04-13
date_modified: 2020-06-14
date_published: 2017-07-18
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: The robot was a Knightscope K5, employed as a security robot at communications agency GMMB in Washington DC.
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language: en
source_domain: iflscience.com
submitters: Anonymous

Incident 124

report_number: 1522
title: These Algorithms Look at X-Rays-and Somehow Detect Your Race
url: https://www.wired.com/story/these-algorithms-look-x-rays-detect-your-race/
authors: Tom Simonite
date_downloaded: 2022-02-16
date_modified: 2022-02-16
date_published: 2021-08-05
date_submitted: 2022-02-16
description: Millions of dollars are being spent to develop artificial intelligence software that reads x-rays and other medical scans in hopes it can spot things doctors look for but sometimes miss, such as lung
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language: en
source_domain: wired.com
submitters: Anonymous

Incident 161

report_number: 1530
title: Discrimination through optimization: How Facebook's ad delivery can lead to skewed outcomes
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.02095
authors: Muhammad AliPiotr SapiezynskiMiranda BogenAleksandra KorolovaAlan MisloveAaron Rieke
date_downloaded: 2022-02-16
date_modified: 2022-02-16
date_published: 2019-04-03
date_submitted: 2022-02-16
description: The enormous financial success of online advertising platforms is partially due to the precise targeting features they offer. Although researchers and journalists have found many ways that advertisers
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language: en
source_domain: arxiv.org
submitters: Anonymous

Incident 188

report_number: 1605
title: Microsoft made an AI algorithm to predict pregnancies of specific preteen girls
url: https://stealthoptional.com/news/microsoft-ai-algorithm-predict-pregnancy/
authors: Lewis White
date_downloaded: 2022-08-11
date_modified: 2022-08-11
date_published: 2022-02-23
date_submitted: 2022-05-16
description: In one of the most WTF uses of artificial technology yet, Microsoft has created one of the most bizarre algorithms ever. In an effort to show off its advancements in AI, the computer software company
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language: en
source_domain: stealthoptional.com
submitters: AIAAIC

Incident 231

report_number: 208
title: Two Years On, A Father Is Still Fighting Tesla Over Autopilot And His Son's Fatal Crash
url: https://jalopnik.com/two-years-on-a-father-is-still-fighting-tesla-over-aut-1823189786
authors: Ryan Felton
date_downloaded: 2022-08-23
date_modified: 2022-08-23
date_published: 2018-02-27
date_submitted: 2019-06-01
description: In early 2016, 48-year-old Gao Jubin had high hopes for the future, with plans to ease up on running a logistics company and eventually turn over control of the business to his son, Gao Yaning. But his plans were abruptly altered when Yaning died at the wheel of a Tesla Model S that crashed on a highway in China while the car—Jubin believes—was traveling in Autopilot, the name for Tesla’s suite of driving aids. Now, Jubin says, “Living is worse than death.”
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language: en
source_domain: jalopnik.com
submitters: Anonymous