False Matches by Amazon's Facial Recognition Raise AI Concerns - Harm Prevention in AI Governance

This AI incident, involving mistaken matches of 28 Congress members with mugshots by Amazon's facial recognition system, underscores the need for responsible and trustworthy AI. Learn more about how Project Cerebellum, an initiative focused on AI governance and safe and secure AI, is working towards harm prevention in the development and deployment of AI systems. JOIN US This 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/114

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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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