Racial Bias in AI: New Zealand Passport Robot Incident Involving an Applicant of Asian Descent
This incident involving a racially biased AI passport robot in New Zealand highlights the urgent need for responsible AI governance and trustworthy AI practices. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). To help prevent such harm, join us in promoting safe and secure AI by contributing to our AI incident database JOIN US.
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/48
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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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