Strange AI Hybrid Photo Incident in Google Photos: A Case for Responsible AI Governance

January 25, 2018

Incident involving Google Photos' AI Assistant that merged three different images, creating a strange hybrid photograph on a ski trip. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Stay informed about harm prevention and guardrails for AI. JOIN US
Alleged deployer
google
Alleged developer
google
Alleged harmed parties
alex-harker

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/63

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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