Description: In Oakland, a previously stolen rental car that was returned but allegedly not updated in the police database was pinged by an automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera, leading to police’s wrongful detainment of an innocent person reportedly using excessive force and improper conduct.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Vigilant Solutions developed an AI system deployed by Contra Costa County Sheriff, which harmed Brian Hofer.
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
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.
- AI system safety, failures, and limitations
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
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
SAN PABLO, Calif. (KTVU) - Brian Hofer has worked for the last half decade on defending citizens’ rights to privacy and creating tighter oversight surrounding the use of mass surveillance techniques and technology.
As chair of Oakland’s Pri…
Brian Hofer and his brother were on their way home from a Thanksgiving visit, headed toward Oakland, Calif., on Interstate 80 when he saw the flashing lights. Police officers directed him off the highway and into a shopping center. That’s a…
Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.