Unfair Bias in UK Passport Photo Checker Highlights Need for Responsible AI
This AI incident highlights a concerning bias against dark-skinned women in the UK passport photo checker system. It underscores the importance of safe and secure AI, trustworthy AI, and responsible AI governance. Such incidents map to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).JOIN US If you're passionate about harm prevention and want to contribute to building guardrails for AI, join us.
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/87
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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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