Addressing Popularity Bias in Collaborative Filtering for Trustworthy AI: A Case Study

March 1, 2022

This AI incident highlights the potential pitfalls of collaborative filtering algorithms, prone to popularity bias. The overrepresentation of popular items can distort recommendations and impact user experience. By addressing such issues, we strive towards responsible AI governance and safer, more secure recommendations in Project Cerebellum's AI Incident Database. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
Alleged deployer
facebook, linkedin, youtube, twitter, netflix
Alleged developer
facebook, linkedin, youtube, twitter, netflix
Alleged harmed parties
facebook-users, linkedin-users, youtube-users, twitter-users, netflix-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/168

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

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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