Palestinian Man Arrested Due to AI Mishap in Facebook Translation System - Highlighting the Need for Responsible AI
An unfortunate incident occurred where a Palestinian man was wrongfully arrested, stemming from an AI mishap within Facebook's translation system. This AI incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI and highlights the potential harm that can result when guardrails for AI are not in place. Join us in fostering safe and secure AI through Project Cerebellum by contributing to our AI incident database and helping shape responsible AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/72
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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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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