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Company

US-based e-commerce and cloud computing company operating AWS and Alexa AI services. Referenced in incidents involving AI hiring tool bias and algorithmic pricing concerns.

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-AMAZON
Type
Organization · Company
HQ
United States

Roles
Developer Deployer Victim
Sectors
Technology
Incidents
4

First Incident
2018-10
Last Incident
2026-02

Incident Activity

4 of 97 incidents

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (3)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-25-0014 Amazon Ring Deploys AI Facial Recognition to Consumer Doorbells medium 2025-09
INC-25-0012 Zoox Robotaxi Collision and Software Recall in Las Vegas medium 2025-04
INC-18-0002 Amazon AI Recruiting Tool Gender Bias high 2018-10

Incidents Harmed By (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-26-0007 Unit 42 Demonstrates Persistent Memory Injection in Amazon Bedrock Agents medium 2026-02

Context & Analysis

amazon appears in 4 documented incidents spanning October 2018 to February 2026. 25% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Agentic Systems (2 incidents). The most common pattern is Mass Surveillance Amplification, appearing in 2 incidents.

Severity Distribution

High: 1 Medium: 3

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve amazon, and what role did it play?

amazon appeared as developer in 3 incidents; deployer in 2 incidents; victim in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-26-0007 Unit 42 Demonstrates Persistent Memory Injection in Amazon Bedrock Agents (medium severity, 2026-02) ; INC-25-0014 Amazon Ring Deploys AI Facial Recognition to Consumer Doorbells (medium severity, 2025-09) ; INC-25-0012 Zoox Robotaxi Collision and Software Recall in Las Vegas (medium severity, 2025-04) ; INC-18-0002 Amazon AI Recruiting Tool Gender Bias (high severity, 2018-10) .

Which AI threat patterns involve amazon?

amazon's incidents involve Mass Surveillance Amplification , Biometric Exploitation , Allocational Harm . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

amazon (ENT-AMAZON) is documented at /entities/amazon/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

US-based e-commerce and cloud computing company operating AWS and Alexa AI services. Referenced in incidents involving AI hiring tool bias and algorithmic pricing concerns. Incidents span 3 domains: Agentic Systems, Privacy & Surveillance, Discrimination & Social Harm.

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