Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
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Google admits its self driving car got it wrong: Bus crash was caused by software
2016-09-26
On February 14, 2016, a Google autonomous test vehicle partially responsible for a low-speed collision with a bus on El Camino Real in Google’s hometown of Mountain View, CA.
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Sexist and Racist Google Adsense Advertisements
2013-01-23
Advertisements chosen by Google Adsense are reported as producing sexist and racist results.
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Images of Black People Labeled as Gorillas
2015-06-03
Google Photos image processing software mistakenly labelled a black couple as "gorillas."
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Inappropriate Gmail Smart Reply Suggestions
2015-11-03
Google's Gmail Smart Reply tool was over-recommending the response "I love you" in situations where it was deemed innappropriate.
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Incident 96824 Reports
'Pravda' Network, Successor to 'Portal Kombat,' Allegedly Seeding AI Models with Kremlin Disinformation
2022-02-24
A Moscow-based disinformation network, Pravda, allegedly infiltrated AI models by flooding the internet with pro-Kremlin falsehoods. A NewsGuard audit found that 10 major AI chatbots repeated these narratives 33% of the time, citing Pravda sources as legitimate. The tactic, called "LLM grooming," manipulates AI training data to embed Russian propaganda. Pravda is part of Portal Kombat, a larger Russian disinformation network identified by VIGINUM in February 2024, but in operation since February 2022.
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