Argentinian City's Controversial Deployment of Predictive Algorithm Raises AI Governance Concerns
April 11, 2018
In 2018, during the abortion-decriminalization debate in Argentina, the Salta city government deployed a teenage-pregnancy predictive algorithm built by Microsoft. This AI incident, which maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM), allegedly lacked a defined purpose and considered sensitive information such as disability and whether their home had access to hot water. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- salta-city-government
- Alleged developer
- microsoft
- Alleged harmed parties
- salta-teenage-girls, salta-girls-of-minority-groups
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/188
Data source
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