The Tay Incident: A Pivotal Moment in AI Governance

Explore the infamous Tay incident, a bot that learned racist and offensive language from users on Twitter. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). It serves as a stark reminder of the need for responsible AI governance and guardrails. Ready to help shape a safer, more secure AI world? JOIN US

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/6

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.

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.