Biased AI Incident: New Zealand Passport Robot's Discriminatory Behavior

Recent incident involving a New Zealand passport robot demonstrates the need for safe and secure AI. The robot, during an applicant's interview, instructed an individual of Asian descent to open their eyes repeatedly. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Join us in promoting responsible AI by addressing such biases and preventing harm. JOIN US

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/48

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.

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