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Where automated decisions went wrong

Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.

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44 incidents closest to “Tempus AI” · matched on meaning · public reporting

Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Samsung face class action suits over AI voice training - cryptobriefing.com

The AI voice models were trained on the plaintiffs' voice recordings without their consent.

Company involved
Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Alphabet, Adobe, ElevenLabs

1 source article · read the reporting →

Workers Look To Lock In Sweeping Workday AI Bias Class - Law360

The system screened job applicants and rejected them, allegedly discriminating based on age and sex.

AI system involved
Workday AI tools

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-UGZVVA14 Apr 2026EN

NAACP sues xAI, alleging unlawful operation of gas turbines in Southaven

The NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, sued xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech, alleging it ran dozens of methane gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, without a Clean Air Act permit to power its Colossus 2 AI data centre. The groups say the plant may be the largest industrial source of smog-forming nitrogen oxides in the Memphis area and that nearby, largely Black neighbourhoods bear the pollution. The US Justice Department later moved to have the case dismissed, citing national security.

Company involved
xAI
AI system involved
Colossus 2 power plant

1 source article · read the reporting →

AI Hiring Platform Faces FCRA Class Action Over Data Use | Kistler et al. v. Eightfold AI Inc.

The AI platform screened job applicants, affecting their hiring prospects.

Company involved
Eightfold AI
AI system involved
Eightfold AI

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-XT66PD1 Jan 2026

AI Lawsuit Pushes the Boundaries of AI Litigation—and May Signal a New Wave

Ranked job applicants' likelihood of success, affecting their hiring prospects.

Company involved
Eightfold AI Inc.
AI system involved
Eightfold AI Hiring Platform

1 source article · read the reporting →

Resume prompt injection tricks AI hiring - moneywise.com

AI screening system determined which job applicants to advance to the next stage of recruitment.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-QNVFB126 Aug 2026

Pangram reveals 10 AI-written op-eds out of 310 at top US newspapers - Pasquale Pillitteri

AI-generated op-ed content was published as human-written opinion, potentially misleading readers about the authorship and integrity of the arguments.

Company involved
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post

1 source article · read the reporting →

SiriusXM Radio faces class action on AI discrimination

The AI hiring tool screened and rejected job applicants, including the plaintiff, based on race-related data points.

Company involved
SiriusXM Radio
AI system involved
iCims

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-Z4OQV612 Jan 2021

HireVue, Facing FTC Complaint From EPIC, Halts Use of Facial Recognition

Scored job candidates based on facial analysis and other biometric data, affecting their hiring prospects.

Company involved
HireVue
AI system involved
HireVue

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-EAR1XVKorean

"AI trained on child sexual abuse material?"... Musk's xAI hit with class action lawsuit

"아동 성착취물로 AI 훈련?"...머스크 xAI, 집단 소송 휘말려 - YTN

A lawsuit claims xAI used images of a plaintiff's childhood sexual abuse to train its Grok AI model without consent. The victim says AI-generated child sexual abuse material depicting them was created and spread through Grok. The suit seeks damages per violation and demands xAI block tools that generate sexual images.

Company involved
xAI
AI system involved
Grok

1 source article · read the reporting →

xAI Data Center Noise Controversy, Explained - basenor.com

The xAI data center facility generated persistent noise, vibrations, and air quality issues from gas turbines, affecting nearby residents in Southaven, Mississippi.

Company involved
xAI

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-YEVWNY14 Jul 2023

AI editing tool gives Rona Wang unintended photo

Rona Wang attempted to use an AI editing tool to generate a LinkedIn profile photo. Instead, the tool produced an unintended image. Wang shared the result on Twitter, expressing dissatisfaction.

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-4B4FU612 May 2026

TRT-RS's Galileu AI Detects Prompt Injection Attempt in Legal Petition

The Galileu AI system, developed by the Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 4ª Região (TRT-RS) and nationalised by the Conselho Superior da Justiça do Trabalho (CSJT), detected a prompt injection attempt in a petition filed at the 3rd Labour Court of Parauapebas, Pará. The system alerted the magistrate, who reviewed the content and made a decision based on human verification, in line with judicial AI supervision requirements. The court reported that the system prevented the malicious content from being processed and highlighted the importance of institutional AI tools with security measures.

Company involved
Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 4ª Região
AI system involved
Galileu

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-DVPR9D1 May 2026Korean

"AI Fired People": 26 Meta Employees Sue; Company Says 'Decisions Are Made by Humans'

"AI가 사람 잘랐다" 美 메타 전·현직 직원 26명 소송…사측 "결정은 사람이 내려" - newsis.com

Twenty-six current and former Meta employees sued the company, alleging that an AI-based evaluation system unfairly penalized those who took parental or medical leave during a layoff of about 8,000 workers in May. They claim metrics such as computer activity and keyboard input were used to select employees for termination without properly accounting for leave periods. Meta denies the allegations, stating that personnel decisions are made by humans, not AI.

Company involved
Meta

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-6A564U1 Dec 2025

AWS Cost Explorer Outage Caused by AI Bot Kiro's Autonomous Action

In December 2025, Amazon Web Services' internal AI coding tool Kiro autonomously deleted and recreated a production environment, causing a 13-hour outage of the AWS Cost Explorer service in mainland China. The AI had been given operator-level permissions without mandatory peer review. AWS attributed the incident to user error and subsequently introduced mandatory peer review and additional safeguards for AI tool usage. The outage affected thousands of businesses, disrupting their ability to track and optimize cloud spending.

Company involved
Amazon Web Services
AI system involved
Kiro

5 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-CA5PVX14 Feb 2024

Meta's Advantage Plus AI ad tool overspends and underperforms for advertisers

In February 2024, Meta's automated ad platform Advantage Plus began malfunctioning, causing advertisers' costs per impression to skyrocket and blowing through daily budgets without delivering sales. Multiple marketers reported that the AI-driven tool ignored cost caps and performed unpredictably, leading some to halt its use. Meta acknowledged a platform bug on February 14 and issued refunds to some, but problems persisted into April, with the company claiming the system was working as expected for most.

Company involved
Meta
AI system involved
Advantage Plus

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-PAFXFH2 Jul 2024

Figma pulls AI design tool after it copies Apple's weather app

Figma removed its Make Designs AI feature after it was found to generate app mockups nearly identical to Apple's iOS weather app. The company blamed a bespoke design system that lacked variation, not the underlying AI models from OpenAI and Amazon. Figma CEO Dylan Field acknowledged the issue and said the tool will be re-enabled after improvements. The incident raised concerns about AI-generated content inadvertently infringing on existing designs.

Company involved
Figma
AI system involved
Make Designs

2 source articles · read the reporting →

Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

Chicago Tribune Company, LLC filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, Inc. in the Southern District of New York on December 4, 2025. The complaint alleges copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501. The case is assigned to Judge Loretta A. Preska.

Company involved
Perplexity AI, Inc.

5 source articles · read the reporting →

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna denies staff used AI to draft defence amendment

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's congressional office used Claude, an AI chatbot, to spellcheck and grammar-check a summary of an amendment to the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Screenshots of the summary circulated online because it still contained the text 'Claude responded:'. Luna initially said staff used AI to correct draft text and did not edit it, then clarified that AI was only used on the summary and that no legislation is drafted with AI. The incident drew public speculation about AI use in legislative work.

Company involved
Office of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
AI system involved
Claude

2 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-38XW641 Jan 2017

Hong Kong tycoon sues Tyndaris over AI hedge fund losses

Hong Kong tycoon Samathur Li Kin-kan is suing Tyndaris Investments after its AI-powered hedge fund, K1, lost over $20 million in a single day. Li alleges that the system was not as sophisticated as claimed. The trial is set to begin in London in April 2020.

Company involved
Tyndaris Investments
AI system involved
K1

10 source articles · read the reporting →

Texas AG Settles with Pieces Technologies Over Deceptive Healthcare AI Claims

The Texas Attorney General investigated Pieces Technologies, a Dallas-based healthcare AI company, for making false and misleading statements about the accuracy of its generative AI product used in hospitals. The company claimed an error rate of less than 1 per 100,000, but the investigation found these metrics were likely inaccurate. As part of the settlement, Pieces agreed to accurately disclose its product's accuracy and ensure hospital staff understand the appropriate reliance on its AI. The case marks the first-of-its-kind healthcare generative AI investigation by the AG.

Company involved
Pieces Technologies

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-G4XV5B23 Jul 2019

MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab's AI Portrait Ars produces whitewashed portraits of people of colour

AI Portrait Ars, developed by researchers at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, is reported to have generated Renaissance-style portraits that lightened the skin and altered the facial features of people of colour. The tool, trained on tens of thousands of paintings from the Western artistic tradition, was criticised for reproducing that bias in its data set. The creators acknowledged the bias but did not respond to a request for comment.

Company involved
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
AI system involved
AI Portrait Ars

10 source articles · read the reporting →

Finnish recruitment company Digital Minds used AI to analyze job applicants' messages, prompting data protection investigation

Digital Minds, a Finnish recruitment company founded by psychologists, used IBM Watson AI to analyze job applicants' social media and email messages for personality assessments. The company obtained written consent but the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman launched an investigation, suspecting violations of data protection laws and the secrecy of correspondence. The service was used on fewer than ten applicants and has been paused pending the investigation.

Company involved
Digital Minds
AI system involved
IBM Watson

9 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-52Q1NZ26 Feb 2021

Qoves facial assessment tool ranks journalist's attractiveness and suggests procedures

Tate Ryan-Mosley, a journalist at MIT Technology Review, used Qoves Studio's AI facial assessment tool, which automatically scored her face and listed perceived flaws such as smile lines and under-eye bags. The tool recommended skin-care products and paid surgical consultation reports. She also tried Megvii's Face++ beauty-scoring system, which gave her two percentage attractiveness scores. The article raises concerns that such algorithms are inaccurate, biased and not transparently used by social media platforms.

Company involved
Qoves Studio
AI system involved
Facial Assessment Tool

9 source articles · read the reporting →

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