Misclassification of Inoffensive Images by Tumblr's AI-Powered Adult Content Filter: A Case for Responsible AI Governance
December 3, 2018
Tumblr’s AI-powered adult content filter mistakenly flagged inoffensive images as explicit following its ban on all adult content. This incident highlights the need for trustworthy AI, safe and secure AI, and AI governance to prevent harm. 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
- tumblr
- Alleged developer
- tumblr
- Alleged harmed parties
- tumblr-content-creators, tumblr-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/233
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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