Palestinian Man Mistakenly Arrested Due to Facebook AI Mishap: Highlighting the Need for Responsible AI Governance

Facebook recently apologized for a significant AI incident that led to the wrongful arrest of a Palestinian man. This AI mishap underscores the importance of safe and secure AI, and the need for robust governance mechanisms such as those proposed by Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/72

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

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.