Where automated decisions went wrong

DataOne asks court to toss noise lawsuit over Vineland data center - Courier-Post

The data center generated excessive and intrusive noise affecting neighbors in East Vineland.

Company involved

DataOne USA LLC

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5 officers charged with Flock misuse; 1 allegedly tracked women to interact with them - fox19.com

Officers tracked locations of women's vehicles, including an ex-wife, using the Flock camera system to stalk and interact with them

Company involved

Flock

AI system involved

Flock

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False AIS tracks simulated for Swedish Navy vessels

An investigation by SkyTruth and Global Fishing Watch revealed that false automatic identification system (AIS) tracks were generated for nine Swedish Navy vessels on February 4-5, 2021. The Swedish Navy confirmed the positions were false. The false tracks appeared plausible and were indistinguishable from real AIS broadcasts, posing a threat to data integrity for marine monitoring.

AI system involved

Automatic Identification System (AIS)

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Wisconsin cops used Flock over 100 times to track a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stop -…

The Flock system tracked the location of Napoleon Jones' vehicle over 100 times without legitimate law enforcement purpose.

Company involved

Waukesha County Sheriff's Office

AI system involved

Flock

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Sirius XM Wins Dismissal of AI-Fueled Racial Job Bias Claims (1) - Bloomberg Law News

The AI system screened and rejected job applicants, including Arshon Harper, who applied to 150 positions and received only one interview.

Company involved

Sirius XM Radio LLC

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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

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Revere police officer used Flock system to track ex-girlfriend’s whereabouts, records show; suspended for 3 days - The Boston Globe

The Flock license plate reader system tracked Marissa Todisco's vehicle locations, which Officer Tiso accessed for personal reasons.

Company involved

Flock Safety

AI system involved

Flock camera system

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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

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A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend - WIRED

The system tracked the vehicle locations of a former romantic partner and a fellow police officer.

Company involved

Alpharetta Police Department

AI system involved

Flock Safety

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Shively police officer accused of using Flock system to track, harass woman for months - WLKY

A police officer tracked a woman's movements across Kentucky and Indiana using the Flock camera system.

Company involved

Shively Police Department

AI system involved

Flock

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'This is just the beginning' | 5 current, former IMPD officers charged for alleged misuse of Flock license plate reader…

Officers allegedly misused license plate reader data to track individuals without legitimate purpose.

Company involved

Flock Safety

AI system involved

Flock

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Complaint alleges Thornton police misused Flock data - northglenn-thorntonsentinel.com

Complaint alleges Thornton police misused Flock data northglenn-thorntonsentinel.com

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Police: Former Amarillo police officer used Flock cameras to track victim 76 times - NewsChannel 10

A former Amarillo police officer used the Flock camera system to track a victim's license plate 76 times and searched the victim's name in TLOxp twice without legitimate purpose.

Company involved

Flock Safety

AI system involved

Flock camera system

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Court docs: IMPD officer tracked women through Flock, arranged run-ins - IndyStar

An IMPD officer used Flock cameras to track the license plates of a dozen women and arranged run-ins with them.

Company involved

Flock Safety

AI system involved

Flock

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ShotSpotter's defamation suit against Vice Media dismissed by Delaware court

ShotSpotter, the company behind the AI gunshot detection system, sued Vice Media for defamation over articles alleging it alters evidence at police request. The Delaware Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit, finding the statements were substantially true or opinion. Vice Media incurred legal costs defending itself, as Delaware's anti-SLAPP law does not allow recovery of fees in this case.

Company involved

ShotSpotter

AI system involved

ShotSpotter

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Round Hill Sues Anthropic and Suno for Alleged Use of Songs to Train AI Models

Round Hill demanda a Anthropic y Suno por presunto uso de canciones para entrenar sus modelos de IA - La…

Round Hill Music sued Anthropic and Suno in a California federal court, alleging the AI companies misused hundreds of its copyrighted songs to train their systems. Anthropic allegedly used lyrics from at least 500 songs—including works by James Brown, The Kinks, and the Goo Goo Dolls—to train its Claude chatbot, while Suno used the same songs for its music generation AI. The publisher says it may add thousands more compositions and claims damages could exceed one billion dollars.

AI system involved

Claude,Suno music generation AI

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Ex-Fort Pierce officer accused of using Flock database 382 times to track ex-girlfriend - WPEC

Searched the ex-girlfriend's license plate and personal information in Flock and other law enforcement databases without a legitimate purpose.

Company involved

Flock Safety

AI system involved

Flock

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Flock lawsuit accuses tech company of exposing citizens to rogue police tracking - Top Class Actions

The system recorded and tracked the locations of vehicles and their owners without consent.

Company involved

Flock Group Inc.

AI system involved

Flock

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Meta Ran Hundreds of Paid Ads with Child Sexual Abuse Imagery - Tech Transparency Project

Meta's ad system approved and displayed paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material, affecting real children whose images were used and users exposed to the content.

Company involved

Meta

AI system involved

Meta advertising system

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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

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25 Investigates: Former Braintree officer accused of using police technology to track ex-girlfriend - Boston 25 News

The Flock camera system tracked the ex-girlfriend's vehicle license plate over 1,000 times, enabling the officer to stalk and harass her.

Company involved

Flock Safety

AI system involved

Flock camera system

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AI-generated Drake song triggers copyright takedown and legal dilemma for Google

A TikTok user uploaded an AI-generated song mimicking Drake and The Weeknd. Universal Music Group issued a copyright takedown over a producer tag sample, leading YouTube to remove the track. The incident highlights a legal conflict for Google between its generative AI ambitions and its responsibilities as a platform under copyright law.

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Arity collected drivers' data via apps for insurance scores

Popular smartphone apps including Life360, MyRadar and GasBuddy reportedly shared users' location and motion data with Arity, an Allstate-owned company. Arity used the data to calculate driving scores that could be sold to car insurers to set rates. Users were said not to be clearly informed that their data would be used for insurance pricing. Life360 and Arity stated that users had to opt in and that no personally identifiable driving data was shared without consent.

Company involved

Arity

AI system involved

Arity IQ network

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Truck drivers sue Motive over AI dash cam mass surveillance

Truck drivers Adam Dean and Christian Erickson filed a class action lawsuit against Motive Technologies Inc., alleging that the company's AI-powered dash cams with automatic license plate readers collected license plate data and tracked drivers' movements without consent. The lawsuit, filed in California federal court, claims violations of California's ALPR Law and seeks damages of $2,500 per class member. The drivers allege privacy invasion and emotional distress from the surreptitious surveillance.

Company involved

Motive Technologies Inc.

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