Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology: A Case of NYPD's Wrongful Arrest
November 8, 2018
The New York Police Department (NYPD) mistakenly identified a Black teenager using facial recognition, leading to his wrongful attempted arrest. This incident highlights the importance of trustworthy AI, safe and secure AI, and responsible AI governance. JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- new-york-police-department
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- ousmane-bah, nyc-black-people, nyc-black-young-people
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/295
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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