Investigating Bias in Image Upscaling Algorithm PULSE: A Case for Responsible AI and AI Governance

June 20, 2020

AI tool PULSE, powered by NVIDIA's StyleGAN, reportedly produced facial images with Caucasian features more frequently. The source of this alleged bias remains under debate among AI experts. This AI 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
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/165

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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