Racially Biased AI Incident in New Zealand Passport System: A Call for Responsible AI Governance
An incident involving a racially biased AI in the New Zealand passport application system was reported, asking an applicant of Asian descent to open their eyes. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). By joining forces, we can work towards harm prevention and building guardrails for AI, ensuring safe and secure AI applications for all. JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/48
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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