Misrepresentation of AI in Brand Safety: False Claims by Firms Using Keyword Lists Instead of AI

December 6, 2020

Explore the misleading practices of brand safety tech firms, who falsely claimed use of AI while blocking ads using simple keyword lists. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help establish safe and secure AI guardrails? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
brand-safety-tech-firms
Alleged developer
none
Alleged harmed parties
news-sites

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/136

Data source

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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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