Apology Issued for Controversial Skin-Toning Filter in FaceApp: An Example of AI Governance
FaceApp, a popular photo editing app, has issued an apology for a 'racist' filter that lightens users' skin tones. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI and highlights the need for robust governance mechanisms in AI development. With Project Cerebellum, we are building an AI incident database to prevent harm and establish guardrails for AI. Ready to help shape trustworthy AI? JOIN US.
This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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/60
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
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