Apology from Google over Racist Auto-Tag Incident in Photo App: A Call for Safe AI
Google has recently apologized for an incident where its photo app auto-tagged a picture with a racially offensive term. This AI incident underscores the need for trustworthy and responsible AI governance, particularly in applications that handle sensitive data like images. Join us in shaping safer AI future by learning more about our AI incident database and the Govern function within Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM.
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/16
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.