AI-Powered Wikipedia Bots Engage in Edit Wars: A Call for Responsible AI Governance
This incident highlights the need for safe and secure AI governance, as AI-powered bots designed to enhance Wikipedia accuracy instead became embroiled in petty edit wars. Join us in shaping responsible AI via Project Cerebellum's AI incident database. 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/7
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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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