China Woman's iPhone X Unlocked by Colleague's Face: Facial Recognition Security Concern
In an alarming incident, a woman in China found that her iPhone X could be unlocked using the face of her colleague. This raises concerns about the security and privacy aspects of facial recognition technology. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to contribute to safe and secure AI? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/32
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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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