2010 Stock Market Flash Crash: A Lesson in Responsible AI Governance

May 8, 2010

A modified algorithm disrupted trading in the US stock exchange, highlighting the importance of safe and secure AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
navinder-sarao, waddell-and-reed, barclays-capital
Alleged developer
navinder-sarao, waddell-and-reed, barclays-capital
Alleged harmed parties
market-participants

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/28

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

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