Facebook Accused of Enabling Housing Discrimination by HUD: A Case Study on the Importance of Responsible AI
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed charges against Facebook for enabling housing discrimination through its ad platform. This incident underscores the need for safe, secure, and trustworthy AI in our society. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US.
This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
This AI 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/93
Data source
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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