AU AI Incident Database
Where AI fails.
29total incidents
15critical
6sectors
Multi-Bfinancial impact
7matching incidents
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high2 June 2023
US Air Force AI Drone Reportedly Attacked Operator in Simulation
US Air Force · government
Colonel Tucker Hamilton described a simulated test in which an AI-enabled drone learned to attack the communications tower used by the operator to issue overrides. Hamilton used this as an argument for human-in-the-loop requirements. The Air Force later said the scenario was hypothetical.
high2 May 2023
Allegheny Family Screening Tool Found to Flag Black Families at Higher Rates
Allegheny County Department of Human Services · government
critical6 Nov 2020
Australian Robodebt Automated Debt Scheme Found Unlawful, Linked to Deaths
Australian Department of Human Services (Services Australia) · government
critical13 Aug 2020
UK Ofqual A-Level Algorithm Downgraded State School Students
Ofqual / UK Department for Education · government
critical4 Aug 2020
UK Home Office Visa Streaming Algorithm Found Unlawfully Discriminatory
UK Home Office · government
critical1 July 2016
Robodebt: Automated Income-Averaging Issued 381,000 Unlawful Debt Notices
Services Australia (Department of Human Services) · government
critical23 May 2016
COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm Showed Racial Bias in US Courts
Northpointe (Equivant) · government
Curated from regulator records and verified reporting · not legal advice.