Apology for Controversial Skin-Tone Filter in FaceApp: A Case Study on the Importance of Responsible AI
FaceApp has issued an apology following a backlash over its controversial 'racist' filter, which alters users' skintones. This AI incident underscores the significance of trustworthy and safe AI in the digital age. By joining forces with Project Cerebellum, you can help establish guardrails for AI development to prevent such incidents and promote harm prevention in the AI governance landscape. JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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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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