Google's AI Gender Misidentification: A Case Study in Responsible AI

This AI incident highlights the need for trustworthy AI, as Google Translate incorrectly labeled female historians and male nurses to its European users. It maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US To help prevent such incidents and promote safe and secure AI, join us.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/59

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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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