Facebook's Tag Suggestions Feature Alleged to Violate Privacy Law: A Case for Responsible AI
June 14, 2015
The initial version of Facebook's Tag Suggestions, offering suggestions about individuals in photos, has been accused of storing biometric data without consent, contradicting the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. This incident emphasizes the importance of trustworthy and safe AI, as it maps to the Govern function in Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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- facebook-users
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/122
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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