Google Translate Mistakes: Female Historians and Male Nurses Do Not Exist - A Harmful AI Incident
This AI incident, involving Google Translate, showcases the importance of responsible AI governance. It highlights a gender bias in language translation, mislabeling female historians as 'female housewives' and male nurses as 'doctors'. This incident underscores the need for safe and secure AI, especially in sensitive areas such as education and healthcare. Ready to help prevent such incidents? Join us.JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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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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