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Racial Bias in Healthcare AI Algorithm: An Unsettling Incident of Unequal Care

This alarming incident highlights racial bias in an AI algorithm that offered less care to Black patients, underscoring the urgent need for safe and secure AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US: Help us prevent harm by promoting trustworthy AI through our platform.

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/124

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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