Apology from Google over Racist Auto-Tag Incident in AI Photo App - Emphasizing the Importance of Trustworthy and Responsible AI
Google has issued an apology for a recent incident involving their photo app, where it automatically tagged images containing black individuals with offensive terms. This AI incident underscores the need for responsible AI governance to prevent such harm. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible 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.
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