Racially Biased AI Incident in New Zealand Passport Robot: A Call for Safe and Trustworthy AI
An unfortunate incident involving a racially biased AI passport robot in New Zealand has highlighted the need for responsible AI governance. The AI, which checks applicant's passport photos, reportedly asked an applicant of Asian descent to open their eyes wider. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/48
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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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