AI Misstep: YouTube's Hate Speech Detector Mistakes Chess Content for Harmful Language
June 28, 2020
YouTube's AI-driven hate speech detection encountered a mistake, flagging chess content as harmful due to misinterpretations of strategy terms like 'black,' 'white,' and 'attack.' This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and highlights the need for trustworthy AI guardrails. Join us in helping shape a safe and secure future for AI with Project Cerebellum, where this AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- youtube
- Alleged developer
- youtube
- Alleged harmed parties
- antonio-radic, youtube-chess-content-creators, youtube-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/144
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