Alleged Misuse of Internal Software at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine: A Case for Responsible AI in Exam Systems

March 15, 2021

An internal software system at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine has been accused of incorrectly flagging students for cheating during remote exams, potentially using student activity patterns tracked on its learning management platform without their knowledge. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help prevent such harm and ensure safe and secure AI use? JOIN US
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Alleged developer
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Alleged harmed parties
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Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/302

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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