False Facial Recognition Match Leads to Lawsuit Over Wrongful Arrest: A Case for Responsible AI Governance

This AI incident highlights the potential dangers of unregulated facial recognition technology. The Detroit police are facing a lawsuit due to a false match, leading to a man's wrongful arrest. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).JOIN US For a safer and more trustworthy future of AI, join us in advocating for responsible AI governance.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/74

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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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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