Biased AI Incident: New Zealand Passport Robot Discriminates against Applicants of Asian Descent
An unfortunate incident involving a New Zealand passport robot demonstrates the urgent need for trustworthy AI. The robot told an applicant of Asian descent to open their eyes, highlighting racial bias in AI systems. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help prevent such incidents and ensure safe and secure AI? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/48
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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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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.
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