Facebook Charged for Enabling Housing Discrimination: An Important Reminder of the Need for Responsible AI Governance
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed charges against Facebook, alleging that their advertising platform facilitated housing discrimination. This AI incident underscores the critical role of trustworthy AI in preventing harm, particularly in sensitive areas like housing. It also maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI governance? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/93
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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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