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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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102 incidents closest to “Coursera Plus” · matched on meaning · public reporting

U.S. Federal Court Allows CIPA Class Action Against AI Customer Service Provider to Proceed - Wilson Sonsini

The AI system intercepted and recorded a customer's phone call and collected her personal and financial information without consent.

Company involved
ConverseNow Technologies, Inc.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Patagonia Targeted by Privacy Class Action for Use of Customer Service AI Software - Law.com

The system intercepted, recorded, and mined data from customer service calls, affecting customers' privacy.

Company involved
Patagonia
AI system involved
Talkdesk

1 source article · read the reporting →

Universal and Warner press court to end US musicians’ lawsuit over Udio, Suno deals - Music Business Worldwide

Record labels licensed union musicians' recordings to AI music companies without additional payment or credit.

Company involved
Universal Music Group, Warner Records
AI system involved
Suno, Udio

1 source article · read the reporting →

Talkdesk Hit With Class Suit Over Customer Service Software - news.bloomberglaw.com

The system secretly recorded and analyzed customer service conversations of callers to Patagonia and Zumiez without consent.

Company involved
Talkdesk Inc.
AI system involved
CX Cloud

1 source article · read the reporting →

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Who Gives A Crap suspends AI agent after email error said prices would double - SmartCompany

The AI agent incorrectly confirmed a doubled subscription price to a customer.

Company involved
Who Gives A Crap

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-ZDAWBF1 May 2024

AI crawler causes $5,000 bandwidth costs for Read the Docs

In May 2024, an AI crawler downloaded 73 TB of zipped HTML files from Read the Docs, a documentation hosting platform, costing over $5,000 in bandwidth charges. The crawler repeatedly downloaded the same files due to a bug and lack of rate limiting. Read the Docs blocked the crawler and the company reimbursed the costs. Another crawler from Facebook downloaded 10 TB in June 2024, but Facebook did not respond.

Company involved
Read the Docs
AI system involved
AI crawler

10 source articles · read the reporting →

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