Entities
AI Overview
Incidents involved as Deployer
Incident 7911 Report
Google AI Error Prompts Parents to Use Fecal Matter in Child Training Exercise
2024-09-09
Google's AI Overview feature mistakenly advised parents to use human feces in a potty training exercise, misinterpreting a method that uses shaving cream or peanut butter as a substitute. This incident is another example of an AI failure in grasping contextual nuances that can lead to potentially harmful, and in this case unsanitary, recommendations. Google has acknowledged the error.
More