AI Incident Database - Incident 732
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- general-public
entity | 29 June 2026 | 70%
general-public - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- people-with-disabilities
entity | 5 Apr 2025 | 70%
people-with-disabilities - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- companies-using-whisper
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
companies-using-whisper - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- individuals-with-speech-impairments
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
individuals-with-speech-impairments - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- organizations-integrating-whisper-into-customer-service-systems
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
organizations-integrating-whisper-into-customer-service-systems - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- professionals-relying-on-accurate-transcriptions
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
professionals-relying-on-accurate-transcriptions - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- users-whose-speech-is-misinterpreted-by-whisper
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
users-whose-speech-is-misinterpreted-by-whisper - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- whisper
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
whisper - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- whisper-users
entity | 17 June 2024 | 70%
whisper-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Whisper Speech-to-Text AI Reportedly Found to Create Violent Hallucinations
event | 17 June 2024 | 78%
Researchers at Cornell reportedly found that OpenAI's Whisper, a speech-to-text system, can hallucinate violent language and fabricated details, especially with long pauses in speech, such as from those with speech impairments. Analyzing 13,000 clips, they determined 1% contained harmful hallucinations. These errors pose risks in hiring, legal trials, and medical documentation. The study suggests improving model training to reduce these hallucinations for diverse speaking pa…