PimEyes' Facial Recognition AI: Lack of Responsible Governance and Harm Prevention
January 1, 2017
The PimEyes subscription-based facial recognition AI service, available to the public, has raised concerns due to a perceived lack of trustworthy governance and safeguards. Critics argue that the service may be used for unethical purposes such as stalking, without proper oversight or adherence to established AI guardrails. 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
- pimeyes
- Alleged developer
- pimeyes
- Alleged harmed parties
- internet-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/109
Data source
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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