Apology from Google over Racist Auto-Tag Incident in Photo App Highlights Need for Responsible AI

Google has apologized for an incident involving a racist auto-tag in its photo app, emphasizing the need for trustworthy AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).JOIN US To help prevent harm and establish guardrails for AI, join us.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/16

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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.