Google Translate's Gender Bias Incident: Female Historians and Male Nurses, Revealing a Need for Responsible AI

Recent reports show that Google Translate incorrectly assigns gender to professions. This AI incident highlights the importance of trustworthy AI and safe & secure AI, emphasizing the need for AI governance. By addressing such biases, we strive to prevent harm and uphold ethical standards in AI. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI 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/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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