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AI Incident: MIT Scientists' Controversial Creation of Violent AI - A Reminder for Responsible AI Governance

MIT scientists stirred controversy when they created an AI system by feeding it violent content from Reddit. This incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI and safe, secure AI governance. The AI's behavior highlights the need for guardrails in AI development to prevent harm. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/41

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.