Misidentification of Black Teenager by Skating Rink's Facial Recognition: A Case for Safe and Secure AI
July 10, 2021
A concerning incident at a Livonia, Michigan skating rink occurred when a Black teenager was incorrectly prevented from entering due to facial recognition misidentifying her as another banned individual. This AI incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI, especially in public spaces. Ready to help prevent such incidents? JOIN US. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- riverside-arena-skating-rink
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- lamya-robinson, black-livonia-residents
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/108
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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