Misclassification of Gender Violence Risk by Algorithm in Spain Leads to Tragic Consequences
July 26, 2007
The Spanish algorithm VioGén, designed for assessing recidivism risk in gender violence cases, has been allegedly underestimating the level of risk, leading to fatalities of women and children since its deployment. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help ensure safer, more trustworthy AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- spanish-ministry-of-interior
- Alleged developer
- spanish-secretary-of-state-for-security, spanish-ministry-of-interior
- Alleged harmed parties
- spanish-victims-of-gender-violence
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/186
Data source
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