China Woman Claims Colleague's Face Could Unlock iPhone X: Potential Security Risk for Trustworthy AI

A Chinese woman reported that her colleague's face could unlock her iPhone X, raising concerns about facial recognition security and the need for robust guardrails in AI systems. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help ensure 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).

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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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